Friday, 50 associations announced a 24-hour strike for Monday, demanding a reduction and freeze the price of gas oil for this year
Mexico, DF, MEJ - EFE / The Herald Tribune in Latin America (Caracas, Venezuela) -14 February 2009: - Representatives of 50 associations and at least 500,000 bus and truck operators in Mexico , announced Friday a 24-hour strike for next Monday, demanding a reduction in the price of gas oil, and its price freeze for the current year ... The representative of the National Confederation of Transport Operators Urban and Suburban, Mario Hernandez, dijo a Efe que la suspensión del servicio se iniciará en la medianoche del lunes en por lo menos 23 de los 31 estados, inmovilizando casi un millón de vehículos ... El líder de unos 25.000 operadores del transporte de pasajeros dijo que la medida tiene por objeto presionar al gobierno federal por su "falta de sensibilidad" en respuesta a su solicitud ... Participarán en las protestas la Corporación Nacional de Trabajadores Agrícolas (CNC) , la Alianza de Operadores Autónomos del Transporte de la República Mexicana , la Alianza Mejicana Transportation Services, among many other organizations supporting the measure ... These groups are asking the price of a liter of diesel, currently at 7.53 pesos (2.00 dollars per gallon), is reduced to 6.31 pesos per liter (1.55 dollars per gallon), its value January 2008 ... The leader said that since January last year, authorities began an increase in fuel prices with the intention of matching those of the United States NA ...
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