Portugal Rail Strike
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<i> Associated Press</i>
LISBON — International and express intercity trains were idle Monday as rail workers began a scheduled five-day strike to protest working conditions and pay disputes.
Employees--mainly train drivers and machinists--called the strike to win a reduction in their official workweek from 51 to 40 hours and to earn additional overtime pay.
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