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Unions stop flights Radio Australia - World News, 8 September 99 (1.04pm) Australian trade unions stopping people from boarding Garuda flights Australian unions are stopping people from boarding Garuda flights to Indonesia. Hundreds of construction union members, supported by check-in staff, say they'll stop daily flights to Indonesia until peacekeepers enter East Timor.
Meanwhile, the Maritime Union says it's received a lot of support for its
boycott of Indonesian ships and cargoes.
It says people are sympathetic to the need to protest the violence in East
Timor.
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