1. In Delaware, some strikers also blocked access to facilities. 2. The company tried to move the die three or four times but strikers physically blocked the truck hauling it. 3. A few hundred strikers were still blocking roads in Donetsk and in mining towns in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. 4. Blair called Jospin as British truckers complained of big detours and said French police were doing nothing to open roads blocked by strikers. 5. French media reported long lines of cars Thursday at service stations around Bordeaux, especially hard-hit last year when the strikers blocked trucks delivering gasoline. 6. French media reported long lines of cars Thursday at service stations around Bordeaux, which was especially hard-hit last year when the strikers blocked trucks delivering gasoline. 7. Friday night, strikers blocked traffic during the evening rush hour in Isla Verde neighborhood, near the airport, and in the Condado tourist area. 8. Holdout strikers blocked two roads Saturday after the majority of French drivers and owners agreed to end a walkout that tied up the country for five days. 9. In San Juan, riot police shoved protesters and struck some with batons when strikers blocked access to telephone company headquarters. 10. Late Wednesday, Cardoso had authorized the use of the armed forces to open up roads blocked by strikers, but they were not called upon. |