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Article: Spanish truck drivers end nationwide strike to protest fuel costs
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- October 18, 2005
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HAROLD HECKLE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-18-2005
Dateline: MADRID, Spain
Spanish truck drivers ended a nationwide strike to protest high fuel costs and illegal drivers on its second day after the labor action raised fears of food and gasoline shortages.
A Development Ministry spokeswoman said the truckers would return to the job immediately.
There were no immediate details of what the government offered to end the strike after two-days of talks between ministry officials and truck drivers.
The open-ended strike began on Monday and hit the northwestern region of Galicia particularly hard hit, news reports said.
The dispute centered on a regional fuel tax that the government ...
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