# Railroad workers stop strike in Armenia: train movement restored - JAMnews

> Railway workers in Armenia ended a three-day strike after the South Caucasus Railways management agreed to pay concessions. Train movement, including oil product and grain transport, was halted from October 22 and has now been restored. The company said driver pay would rise by an average of 19 percent.

- Date: 2019-10-27 · published 2019-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Armenia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56593-railroad-workers-stop-strike-in-armenia-train-movement-restored-jamnews
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The stoppage was regional and short, so its direct effect on feed-grain prices is small. It mainly disrupted Armenian grain and fuel supply for a few days.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-02 | [CN Rail Workers Strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50667-cn-rail-workers-strike-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-08-01 | [Iranian Rail Workers on Strike Again - Iran Focus](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57596-iranian-rail-workers-on-strike-again-iran-focus.md) | -0.7% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-19 | [Grain shippers worried as CN Rail workers strike  \| Globalnews.ca](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56081-grain-shippers-worried-as-cn-rail-workers-strike-globalnews-ca.md) | +1.1% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-20 | [Canada's CP Rail shuts down railroad, workers strike \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42314-canada-s-cp-rail-shuts-down-railroad-workers-strike-reuters.md) | +15.8% | +5.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-13 | [Aurizon railway workers plan to strike \| SBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61604-aurizon-railway-workers-plan-to-strike-sbs-news.md) | +2.5% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- jam-news.net: https://jam-news.net/railroad-workers-stop-strike-in-armenia-train-movement-restored/

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