NEW CAL: Bus strike into third month

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Updated January 28, 2008 16:22:37

In New Caledonia, bus services are being disrupted by a strike in the capital Noumea that is now in its third month. Drivers at the main bus company Carsud began industrial action in November last year. Tensions escalated on the 17th of this month, when 300 members of the Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers clashed with 200 policemen after several roundabouts were blocked.

Presenter: Elsa Klockenbring
Speakers: Gerard Jodar, Union President; Michel Delaisse, manager of Carsud

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