DOCKERS' STRIKE HITS CANARY ISLAND PORT
Striking dockers brought the Canary
Island port of Las Palmas to a halt today but called off a
stoppage in Spain's main port of Barcelona after winning the
reinstatement of a sacked worker, port officials said.
    They said about 15 freighters were affected in Las Palmas
as talks on dockers' demands to reinstate five workers went on.
A stoppage was also called off in Santa Cruz, on Tenerife.
    Union sources said the strike would continue in Las Palmas
tomorrow and would spread unless the demands were met, with a
strike threatened in all ports for two hours on Thursday, four
on Friday, six on Saturday and every other hour from May 4-11.
 REUTER
