I think "hora zero" is best translated as a call for strike action here so these workers, by not going on strike, have resisted the call


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16 Jun 2011 ... June 30th – PCS join the strike! The PCS has joined the fightback on the 30th of
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Why are private school teachers joining the strike? | Education | The ...27 Jun 2011 ... Independent teachers as likely to be members of government pension scheme as
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*There are a number of versions of what went on during this event. The strike was called by the management of PDVSA against the government, in an attempt to force the government to hold elections. Some of the workers supported the strike and some didn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_general_strike_of_20... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2705281.stm. "Have not joined the strike" doesn't make sense as the oil sector called for the strike and did its best to maintain it, although its supporters within the company and sector (who lost their jobs when the year-long strike failed) were, as noted in the Christian Science Monitor:" senior managers, scientists, and economists." Based on the entire context of your text (there are radically different versions of how events unfolded), it may be best to say that the sector was divided over whether to support the strike or didn't fall in line definitely with one side or the other. FYI, other sectors were, in fact, also involved and similarly divided, such as the media sector, where the split was between private and state-run broadcasters. It's also worth noting that various pro- and anti-Chavez unions took different positions; it was not a classic management-worker dispute.

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