STRIKES WORLDWIDE * Peru - Government and transportation strikers meet for talks after 24-hour strike

Lima,Perú -The Peruvian Times -July, 1, 2009: -- Dialogue begins today in Lima between Ministry of Transport officials and the leaders of the association of mass urban transport companies, following the strike on Tuesday in Lima of approximately 260,000 private-sector bus and taxi drivers. The strike was held to protest a new transport law that sharply increases traffic fines... Only a few buses – charging double the normal fare – were seen on the city’s usually overcrowded streets, while the number of taxis available increased as the day proved quiet and calm in most areas. Police arrested 138 people in disturbances on the incoming highways from the north and south cones of the city... According to Radio Programas, RPP, 60,000 bus drivers and 200,000 taxi drivers answered the strike call in Lima. The new traffic law, which calls for increases in fines for traffic infractions, goes into effect today, July 1st... (Photo busesdelperu.fotopic )


* USA - Bus mechanics union strikes at Denali

Anchorage,Alaska,USA -Associated Press/FORBES, by MARY PEMBERTON -2 July 2009: -- A union representing 16 bus mechanics, radio technicians and warehouse workers at Denali National Park says the employees have gone on strike... IBEW Local 1547 spokeswoman, Melinda Taylor, says employees are walking off the job Wednesday afternoon. That occurred when wage and pension negotiations broke down with the employer, Doyon/ARAMARK Joint Venture... The strike was called as the national park prepares for the busy July Fourth weekend... (Photo from farm3.static.flickr: The mechanics union that maintains the tour buses that take tourists into the park were on strike.)