Tag: truckers

• Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro sacks Petrobras CEO over diesel prices dispute and truckers strike threat

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday sacked a market-friendly economist as CEO of Petrobras and named a retired general to replace him, following on disputes over diesel prices that threatened a major teamsters stoppage.

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• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Brazilian teamsters strike to protest fuel prices fizzles out

  

  Brazil independent truckers strike got off on Monday to a weak start because of internal divisions on how to protest fuel prices. The government said traffic was flowing freely on all of the country's highways far from fears of a repeat of the 2018 protest that disrupted food and fuel supplies.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 07:04 UTC

  French truckers warn about red tape and “smart borders” as UK/EU deal customs becomes effective

  

  Red tape, new “smart borders” that don't talk to one another and ill-prepared traders threaten border chaos, French truckers warned a day before Britain restores a hard frontier with Europe.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Petrobras transparency: discloses fuel prices to head off a strike by independent truckers

  

  Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras started publishing daily wholesale gasoline and diesel prices at each of the company's 37 points of sale, the latest step aimed at heading off a strike by independent truck drivers.