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French Fos-Lavera strike blocks 61 ships (strikers want job guarantees)
Yahoo ^ | 10/17/10

Posted on 10/17/2010 7:47:21 AM PDT by Libloather

French Fos-Lavera strike blocks 61 ships
2 hours 34 mins ago

A three-week old strike at the French oil hub of Fos-Lavera to protest pension reform and working conditions is blocking 61 ships from unloading cargo, the port authority said on Sunday.

The strikers want job guarantees as part of a port reform and are also protesting against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms that raise the retirement age to 62 from 60, which has already sparked several waves of nationwide protests.

The strikes at Fos-Lavera, France's largest oil port, has helped squeeze the nation's fuel supply, creating fears it could run short of both crude oil and refined products.

Of the ships unable to dock because of the strike, 29 carry crude oil and 18 refined oil products. Ten carry butane gas and 4 are loaded with chemicals.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; french; ships; strike

Guilty.


Not guilty.

1 posted on 10/17/2010 7:47:25 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

This is what happens when you try to roll back socialism


2 posted on 10/17/2010 7:52:46 AM PDT by Tribemike1
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To: Tribemike1

Cloward Piven. It is all by design.


3 posted on 10/17/2010 7:58:07 AM PDT by omega4179 (Rino hunt 2010!)
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To: Libloather

And to think our grandfathers fought to free these people.


4 posted on 10/17/2010 8:01:01 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

That is what FDR told us anyway.


5 posted on 10/17/2010 8:03:08 AM PDT by omega4179 (Rino hunt 2010!)
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To: Libloather
It's as easy as 1,2,3:
  1. Send troops.
  2. Clear docks.
  3. Train replacements.

My bet is that even the French recognize economic suicide when they see it.

6 posted on 10/17/2010 8:13:03 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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To: Libloather

The bus drivers tried that here and nobody cared. Perhaps SEIU can do a mass walkout and close down the Gummit permanently?

Pray for America


7 posted on 10/17/2010 8:28:39 AM PDT by bray (A November to Remember)
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To: Libloather

Socialism always fails, always.


8 posted on 10/17/2010 8:32:25 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bailout)
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To: Tribemike1
Cancer grows slowly until intensive emergency treatment is required to save the life of the host.

Cancer don't back down either way.

9 posted on 10/17/2010 8:33:27 AM PDT by Happy Rain
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To: Libloather

Hang tough and they will beat themselves.

Let them continue their antics, locking up ports, highways, and railroads until supplies of food, petrroleum and necessities run out and garbage blocks the streets and doorways.

Let the economic machine grind to a halt until the profits and paychecks slow down and eventually stop.

Let them get dirty, hungry, broke and tired. Let the rest of society turn on them for their selfishness and the damage they are doing to everyone.


10 posted on 10/17/2010 9:10:23 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. -- Edmund Burke)
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To: Iron Munro

Do you REALLY believe it will be any better here in the US? Eventually we will have no roll back our socialism and will get the same results.


11 posted on 10/17/2010 10:55:52 AM PDT by packrat35 (I got your tag line..)
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