Portugal's fuel-tanker drivers call off strike to negotiate


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  • Monday, 19 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: A placard reading "Energy crisis. Maximum limit 25 litres per filling" is seen as a man fills up a car during a fuel strike, at a gas station near Lisbon, Portugal, August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's fuel-tanker drivers voted on Sunday to call off an indefinite strike, with their union agreeing to negotiate with employers in government-brokered talks due on Tuesday.

Demanding better salaries and working conditions, the National Hazardous Goods Drivers' Union (SNMMP) started striking on Monday after negotiations with their employers' association ANTRAM failed.

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