Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Nigerian Workers to Leave Oil Export Terminals as General Strike Continues

(Bloomberg) -- Nigerian oil workers will be
withdrawn from export terminals at midnight after the government
failed to reach an agreement with unions to end a nationwide
labor strike.

Union leaders ``decided to still go on with the action''
after meeting government officials today, said Lumumba Okugbawa,
deputy general secretary of the Petroleum & Natural Gas Senior
Staff Association of Nigeria, or Pengassan. Further talks with
the government are set for 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, he said.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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