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21. STRIKE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, LABOUR UNIONS PARALYZES LEBANON AS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WORSEN

Subjects
Labor unions -- Demonstrations and protests -- Lebanon, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Demonstrations and protests -- Social aspects, Economic growth -- Forecasts and trends -- Demonstrations and protests -- Social aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT -- Lead BEIRUT Schools, universities and many shops were closed in Lebanon on Thursday as a general strike by public transportation and labour unions paralyzed the [...]

Published
2022

22. Students rally for public transportation at Ohio Statehouse

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Local transit -- Demonstrations and protests, News, opinion and commentary, Sports and fitness
Abstract

On Saturday, Oct. 16, members of Sunrise Kenyon -- the College's local chapter of the Sunrise Movement, a climate activism organization -- hosted a rally for public transit in front [...]

Published
2021

23. Local transportation options sustain closures, alter service ahead of fall semester Thousands attend March on Washington to protest racial discrimination 'Lack of transparency:' Women's water polo alumni seek answers from administration Officials address

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Race discrimination -- Demonstrations and protests, Local transit -- Demonstrations and protests, COVID-19 -- Demonstrations and protests, News, opinion and commentary, Sports and fitness
Abstract

Transportation options may look different for students returning to Foggy Bottom this fall as closures, adjusted operating hours and new health guidelines have reshaped the way locals move across the [...]

Published
2020

24. Coalition protests pipeline redirection effort

Subjects
Buckeye Partners L.P., Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Gasoline, Petroleum refineries, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Stacy Wescoe It is the latest flare-up in a fight that has continued for nearly three years over the direction of a pipeline between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Since 2016, [...]

Published
2019

25. EDITORIAL: New York MTA protests represent larger problem in public transportation

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Local transit -- Demonstrations and protests, Activists, Public transportation, Subways, Cities and towns, Video recordings, News, opinion and commentary, Sports and fitness
Abstract

Hundreds of protesters evaded fares on the New York MTA this weekend in protest of an increase in enforcement officers tasked to arrest fare evaders. Videos of violent encounters between [...]

Published
2019

26. PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IS THE ONLY THING TAKING OFF AT HONG KONG AIRPORT DEMONSTRATORS OCCUPY HONG KONG'S TRANSPORTATION HUB AS THE CHINESE ARMY MENACES THE CITY

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Communism -- China -- Hong Kong -- Demonstrations and protests, Airports -- Demonstrations and protests, Democracy -- China -- Hong Kong -- Demonstrations and protests, Judicial process, Government resistance, News, opinion and commentary, People's Liberation Army -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The following information was released by the American Spectator Foundation: by John Jiang The largest mass anti-government protests in Hong Kong's history have now entered their third [...]

Published
2019

27. ONLY IN THE AJC TRANSPORTATION: Milton residents protesting four-lane widening of Ga. 9

Author

Kass, Arielle

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Shopping centers -- Demonstrations and protests, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Arielle Kass Nancy Williams wants to know why parking spaces are more valuable to the city of Milton than her peace of mind. When Ga. 9 is widened beginning [...]

Published
2018

28. Protesters decry Border Patrol activity at Spokane Intermodal Center

Subjects
United States. Border Patrol, Political activists -- Demonstrations and protests, Border patrols -- Demonstrations and protests, Immigration policy -- Demonstrations and protests, Illegal immigrants -- Demonstrations and protests, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Emigration and immigration -- Demonstrations and protests, Reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Social reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Intermodal transportation -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, General interest, Business, regional, Planned Parenthood Federation of America -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract

Byline: Chad Sokol Aug. 16--More than 100 people gathered outside the Spokane Intermodal Center on Wednesday afternoon to protest the arrests of undocumented immigrants at the downtown transportation hub, and [...]

Published
2018

29. Secondary boycotts - airlines, railroads

Author

Wilner, Frank N.

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Boycotts -- Laws, regulations and rules, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

Secondary boycott, in which labor unions try to influence a company to accede to their demands using economic or social pressures, unlawful in all industries except interstate railroads and airlines. Only congressional legislation can end secondary boycotts. Efforts by the government to make secondary boycotts unlawful for all sectors have failed each time they were passed in the Congress.

Published
1995

30. Lebanon's public transportation drivers to halt protests amid president's promise: media

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Local transit -- Demonstrations and protests, Motor vehicle drivers -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, general, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

BEIRUT, August 13, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Lebanon's public transportation drivers will halt their protests until the beginning of September, local media reported Monday. 'We have decided to stop [...]

Published
2018

31. Lebanon's transportation drivers warn to escalate protest

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Local transit -- Demonstrations and protests, Motor vehicle drivers -- Demonstrations and protests, Automotive inspection -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, general, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

BEIRUT, July 31, 2018 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Lebanon's public transportation drivers will implement a sit-in Wednesday in front of the automotive inspection centers, vowing to take escalatory measures next [...]

Published
2018

32. Fuel and fury

Author

McGuire, Stryker

Subjects
Europe -- Demonstrations and protests, Farmers -- Demonstrations and protests, Gasoline -- Prices and rates, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

An examination of the causes of the fuel blockades in Europe is presented. Members of the haulage and agricultural industries objected to the rising costs of gasoline. The protests took place in several European countries, including Germany and the UK.

Published
2000

33. Transport News: Lobby group seeks better main roads

Subjects
Transport 2000 Ltd. -- Demonstrations and protests, Road construction -- Demonstrations and protests, Transportation policy -- Demonstrations and protests, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, Government
Abstract

Communities are being urged to engage with local authorities to transform traffic-choked roads into attractive places. Transport 2000 argues that main roads are among the most dangerous of urban roads. [...]

Published
2004

34. Students at Mafraq university continue protest for better transport services

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Universities and colleges -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Suzanna Goussous May 04--AMMAN -- Protesters from Al al Bayt University claimed they have received verbal threats from individuals during a protest on Tuesday, leading them to suspend their [...]

Published
2016

35. Mafraq university students resume protest over transport services as demands 'ignored'

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Universities and colleges -- Demonstrations and protests, College students -- Demonstrations and protests, Local transit -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Suzanna Goussous April 25--AMMAN -- Al al Bayt University students on Monday resumed their campaign to boycott public transport services in Mafraq Governorate in order to protest the lack [...]

Published
2016

36. Students at Mafraq university continue protest over transport services

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Universities and colleges -- Demonstrations and protests, College students -- Demonstrations and protests, Buses (Transportation) -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Suzanna Goussous April 20--AMMAN -- Al al Bayt University students on Wednesday entered their 11th day of boycotting the Mafraq Governorate transport system to push for the improvement of [...]

Published
2016

37. Public Transport March For The Services Of The City Of Courcouronnes

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Local transit -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, international
Abstract

Contract notice: Public transport march for the services of the city of courcouronnes. Rotations of public transport for the needs of the city. This contract is divided into lots: No [...]

Published
2017

38. Paradeep truckers protest pet coke transportation from IOCL by outsiders

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Truck drivers -- Demonstrations and protests, Petroleum transportation -- Demonstrations and protests, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Paradeep, July 8 -- The truck associations' protest against transportation of petroleum coke (pet coke) by outsiders from IOCL intensified further as three associations have deployed their employees and owners [...]

Published
2017

39. Word of the day: cooperation

Subjects
United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

Byline: BRIAN STRAIGHT As the new Congress convened in January with a Republican-controlled House, a different tone was developing in Washington. A tone that was evident in President Barack Obama's [...]

Published
2011

40. TransAction founder says fuel duty is still a problem

Author

Walton, Christopher

Subjects
Pricing -- Demonstrations and protests, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Fuel -- Prices and rates, Product price, Company pricing policy, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk Ten years after protests over rising fuel duty led to blockades at fuel refineries and pumps running dry, one of the founders of protest group TransAction claims that there [...]

Published
2010

41. Pre-election fuel protests likely, warns TransAction

Author

Walton, Christopher

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Fuel -- Prices and rates -- Demonstrations and protests, Company pricing policy, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk Pressure group Trans-Action has warned that a protest over the rising cost of fuel could be staged close to next month's general election. According to a statement on TransAction's [...]

Published
2010

42. Hashemite University students hold overnight protest over transport services

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Universities and colleges -- Demonstrations and protests, College students -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Suzanna Goussous April 23--AMMAN -- Around 80 Hashemite University students organised an 'overnight stay' in front of the university's main gate on Tuesday to demand better transportation services to [...]

Published
2015

43. Ramtha 'sailors' protest suspension of passenger transport services to Syria, Iraq

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Raed Omari April 20--RAMTHA -- Owners of vehicles that used to transport passengers from Jordan to Syria and Iraq on Sunday staged a protest against the authorities' suspension of [...]

Published
2015

44. New York transit strike causes disaster-free live coverage

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Strikes -- Influence, Mass communications
Abstract

In a year of successive urban emergencies, the New York City transit strike was one city drama that caused relatively mild inconveniences for those working in the television industry. The [...]

Published
2005

45. Minister blames operators for failing to cut fuel bills

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Diesel fuels -- Prices and rates, Diesel fuels -- Political aspects, Company pricing policy, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Transport Minister Dr Stephen Ladyman has lambasted last week's M4 go-slow fuel protesters for not doing enough to drive down their own costs through economy driver training and better route [...]

Published
2005

46. We must speak ; with one voice

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Transportation, Automotive -- Cases, Company legal issue, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Are peaceful protests the legal and moral right of all individuals or the pointless and disruptive outpourings of minority rage? A fascinating question - but not one that any of [...]

Published
2005

47. LET THE PUBLIC PAY

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Trade and professional associations -- Demonstrations and protests, Fuel -- Prices and rates, Industry association information, Company pricing policy, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Rising fuel prices Fasten your seatbelts. This week, Brian Weatherley attempts to reconcile three distinct, yet distinctly-related, topics which ultimately define what's wrong with the industry. Are we about to [...]

Published
2005

48. Time for operators to do their duty on duty

Author

Dickson, Ray

Subjects
United Kingdom -- Transportation policy, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Transportation -- Laws, regulations and rules, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Who will you be voting for? Ray Dickson reckons whoever gets into power, the industry should be preparing to flex its muscles over fuel duty. Today will almost certainly determine [...]

Published
2005

49. PROTEST WATCH

Subjects
United Kingdom -- Transportation policy, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

As CM went to press hundreds of operators were gathering at the Stanlow oil refinery in Ellesmere Port in a last-ditch attempt to make the cost of fuel an election [...]

Published
2005

50. Go-slow demo hits French port

Subjects
Ports -- Management, Transportation industry -- Demonstrations and protests, Company business management, Automobile industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

It's not only UK container ports that have trouble meeting the needs of hauliers: French magazine L'Officiel des Transporteurs carries a report this week on the troubles at Havre in [...]

Published
2004

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