Vice President: Strike and Employers Association

vice president: ANTRAM said they were open to government-moderated negotiations but only if the strike was suspended or called off, according to The Japan Times. The drivers' return to work is a relief for Portugal's Socialist government, which feared the impact of a prolonged strike on the country's tourism-dependent economy. Demanding better salaries and working conditions, the National Hazardous Goods Drivers' Union SNMMP started striking on Aug. 12 after negotiations with their employers' association, ANTRAM, failed. ; It was their second strike this year. Given that all conditions are in place to negotiate with ANTRAM employers' association and the government, it was decided that the strike would be called off, Pedro Pardal Henriques, SNMMP's vice president, told reporters. During the strike, motorists were limited to buying up to 15 liters 4 gallons of gas at special filling stations, but there was no mass lines at stations as there was in April. ANTRAM could not immediately be reached for comment. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.