	rio de janeiro dockers strike rio de janeiro s dockworkers went on strike for an indefinite period today to demand wage increases a spokesman for the dockers said the rio dockers did not get support from their colleagues in santos brazil s main port but the spokesman said they would not return to work unless their demands were met earlier this week some dockworkers cancelled a scheduled national strike to pressure port officials to give them a wage increase and other benefits a rio port spokesman said the halt would cause daily losses of about u s dlrs reuter 
