Puerto Rico Truck Drivers Begin Strike Demanding Higher Rates
- Union expects to start negotiations with oversight board
- U.S. territory of 3.3 million people imports 80% of its food
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Puerto Rico’s largest truck-driver’s union began an indefinite strike Wednesday, demanding increased cargo rates on the island where 80% of all food is imported.
Edwin Marrero, the president of the Truckers Broad Front union, said the group hopes to begin negotiations with the federally-appointed Fiscal Oversight and Management Board that controls the bankrupt island’s finances.