British truckers plan London protest

Published: May 21, 2008 at 2:41 PM

LONDON, May 21 (UPI) — Truck drivers in Britain are planning a clog-the-streets protest for next Tuesday in London to draw attention to fast rising diesel prices, lobbyists said.

“Hundreds of U.K. transport firms are being driven to the wall. Thousands of U.K. jobs are being lost,” Mike Presneill, a member of lobby group Transaction 2007, told Sky News Wednesday.

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One Response to “British truckers plan London protest”

Alexandra Rennie Says:
May 27, 2008 at 12:26 am

hi
any chance on some info on when exactly the strike will be over????

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