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Oil-sector strikes challenge Abacha

Oil workers and organized labor used strikes to protest military rule and the June 12 annulment.

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1994

Oil-sector strikes challenge Abacha

Oil workers and organized labor used strikes to protest military rule and the June 12 annulment.

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Oil workers and organized labor used strikes to protest military rule and the June 12 annulment. Abacha responded with repression and union controls.

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