Venezuelan oil workers to stage walkout

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Tuesday, 10 October, 2000, 23:50 GMT 00:50 UK

Venezuelan oil workers to stage walkout

Thousands of oil workers in Venezuela have announced they will begin an indefinite strike later today Wednesday to press for a pay rise.

The move comes after negotations on a new collective labour agreement broke down.

The state-run oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela, says the strike is illegal.

It has a contingency plan to replace striking workers with non-union staff, but a prolonged stoppage could affect output.

Venezuela is the world's third largest oil exporter, producing three-million-barrels a day. From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_966000/966401.stm

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), October 10, 2000


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