Yahoo! News Singapore, 26 Nov 2012
Over 100 SMRT bus drivers from China went on a full-day strike on Monday, protesting a disparity in salary between them and other foreign bus captains.
According to SMRT, 102 bus captains failed to turn up for work. Drivers staying at dormitories in Woodlands were joined by roughly 50 to 60 others housed at dormitories in Serangoon from as early as before 8am, assembling in an open area outside before SMRT staff arrived to negotiate with them.
Police deployed several crowd control vehicles to the area throughout the day as well, with four special operations command vehicles spotted leaving the area at about 5:30pm. Full story
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In 1980 the Singapore Airlines Pilots' Association called for a members' work-to-rule action and, in doing so, disrupted the schedules of several Singapore Airlines' (SIA) flights. Lee Kuan Yew personally confronted the pilots.
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