Re: Common Dreams xenophobia

[Leigh Meyers <leighcmeyers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> This toxic stuff has a long history.
I'm afraid it's a history that still alive and well in the U.S., and
elsewhere:

Argentina Oil Workers Clash With Striking Teachers-Report
http://story.argentinastar.com/p.x/ct/9/id/ea2a180649a1e5ef/cid/d9ed072d737073b4/
03-30-06 04:02 PM EST
BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Oil workers in Argentina's hydrocarbons-rich
Neuquen province clashed Thursday with striking teachers whose
roadblocks have cut off a Repsol-YPF (REP) refinery for almost a week,
local media reported.

Argentine news channel Telenoticias reported that a handful of
protesters were wounded in the skirmish, which was broken up by police.

The school teachers are demanding higher wages, while the oil workers
say the roadblocks outside the Repsol refinery in the town of Plaza
Huincul are putting their jobs in jeopardy.

The clash broke out when oil workers tried to push the striking teachers
off of the road in front of the refinery, news service Noticias
Argentinas reported.

The teachers have been on strike for six days.

The teachers' blockades have forced Repsol
http://quote.morningstar.com/Switch.html?ticker=REP  to truck fuel in
from other refineries in Argentina to supply Neuquen filling stations.

-By Drew Benson, Dow Jones Newswires; 5411-4311-3127; andrew.benson@
dowjones.com

 (END) Dow Jones Newswires
 03-30-06 1602ET

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