1.   And bringing an already faltering economy to its knees, transport workers brought the country to a virtual standstill in December.

2.   The transport workers were called out.

3.   Transport workers are employed in all sectors of the economy, for example in manufacturing firms who operate vehicle fleets.

4.   Transport workers, therefore, do not have to be employed in the service industries to produce service products.

5.   Unions supporting the motion included the transport workers, shop workers and public employees.

6.   Five explosions on buses in the early hours were carried out in support of a strike by public transport workers.

7.   In February state farm workers, teachers and transport workers staged strikes, and May saw a wave of strikes mainly in the transport and mining industries.

8.   But transport workers say bus seats are safer as they are.