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Budget crises across the nation are forcing thousands of teacher pink-slips, shuttering classrooms and cutting school programs. This is the first story in a 3-part AP investigation series
HEADLINE: Deep cuts looming for nation's public school kids
CAPTION: Budget crises across the nation are forcing thousands of teacher pink-slips, shuttering classrooms and cutting school programs. This is the first story in a 3-part AP...
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Thousands of workers and union leaders marched on Wall Street on Thursday to express their anger over lost jobs, the taxpayer-funded bailout of financial institutions and questionable lending practices by big banks.
HEADLINE: Raw video: Protesters march on Wall Street
CAPTION: Thousands of workers and union leaders marched on Wall Street on Thursday to express their anger over lost jobs, the taxpayer-funded bailout of financial institutions and...
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INDONESIA: US CONGRESSMAN URGES FREEDOM FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS
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A U-S Congressman on Wednesday urged Indonesia's new President Habibie to free all political prisoners.
Chris Smith has been visiting jails and talking to prisoners as part of his campaign to promote human rights in...
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TV A'math, reax, grave, union strike, court
1. Wide top-shot pan of hundreds of people gathered for trade union rally outside Parliament's Syntagma Square in Athens city centre
2. Mid top-shot of police gathered
3. Wide top-shot pan of crowd
4. Wide top-shot of crowd
5. Mid of...
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A group of fast food employees in Atlanta are pushing for higher pay and the right to form a union. Organizers with Atlanta Jobs With Justice say the group will join workers in cities across America today to push for salaries of $15 an hour. (Dec. 5)
Fast-food employees are rallying in Atlanta to push for higher pay and the right to form a union.
Organizers with Atlanta Jobs With Justice say the group is joining workers in cities nationwide Thursday to push for salaries of $15 an...
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Teachers strike in protest over classroom overcrowding
1. Wide of striking teachers marching outside Kenya''s Finance Ministry
2. Back view of striking teachers marching
3. More of marchers chanting
4. Marcher holding up banner saying in English: Uhuru (Kenyatta, deputy prime minister and...
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Unions announce suspension of fuel strike amid escalating unrest
Lagos
1. Various of protesters marching through streets
2. Wide of soldier on guard in street
3. Soldiers with protesters
Abuja
4. Wide of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union of Nigeria (TUC) leaders at news conference
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Reaction in Bangladesh after US suspends trade privileges
1. Various of front view of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building
2. SOUNDBITE: (Bangla) Kazi Ifterkhar Hossain, President of the Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association:
"Years have passed...
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May Day demonstrations in Turkey and Greece
Istanbul, Turkey - 1 May 2011
1. Wide of demonstrators marching to mark International Workers Day
2. Mid of demonstrators with banners
3. Close-up of members of the Revolutionist Workers Union marching
4. Mid of demonstrators chanting...
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Ibero-American summit closes
1. Closing ceremony in progress
2. Dominican Republic President Hipolito Mejia at podium giving closing speech
3. Mexican President Vicente Fox listening
4. Honduran president Ricardo Maduro and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar...
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WRAP March marks first anniversary of protests ADDS barricades
1. Various of demonstration held for anniversary of Oaxaca clashes
2. Protesters holding sign reading in Spanish: "Not a single additional repression of the people of city of Oaxaca"
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ezequiel Rosales, Teachers'...
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Labour Day protests in Hong Kong and South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
1. Wide of protesters running out on street to start march at May Day rally
2. Wide of police trying to block protesters
3. Mid of police blocking march
4. Protesters holding posters reading (Korean)"Objection to FTA...
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Decline of privatised port company a cautionary tale for future of Greek economy
The Greek government's privatisation drive took a knock on Thursday as it has been revealed that the Hellenic Ports company in Athens lost 40 percent of its permanent workforce and thousands of part time workers since being taken over by...
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WRAP Unions demonstrate against retirement age reform ADDS Marseilles, sbites
Paris
1. Wide of unions' demonstration
2. Mid of protesters with flags
3. Wide of demonstration
4. Mid of demonstrators and placard
5. Top shot of protesters
6. Mid of demonstration, banners and placards
7. Pan up to wide of...
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Labour unions, public servants strike
Athens
1. Athens Panteion University with banner in front reading (Greek): "Public alert! No to the bankruptcy of the people. Everyone out on strike on 22-23 April with PAME" (PAME = Trade Union Front linked to the Communist Party of...
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Union orders strike at General Motors after negotiations break down
Warren
1. Placard reading (English) "UAW (United Auto Workers) On Strike"
2. Strikers picketing in front of GM (General Motors) plant
Detroit
3. UAW news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ron Gettelfinger, President, United Auto...
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Protesters march after union calls for civil disobedience over new road tolls
1. Pan from protest leader speaking to crowd from open-top vehicle to thousands of trade-union members marching through downtown Johannesburg
2. Wide of cars blocked from driving by march
3. Close of feet marching along street, tilt up...
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Labour union stage protest against Qatar WC in respect to human rights of workers
Members of trade unions and other activists staged a protest in the form of a mock football match in Brussels on Monday to draw attention to what they said was Qatar's violation of worker's rights, as the Gulf nation prepares to host the...
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Teachers, students launch strike in protest against Uribe's economic reforms
1. Teachers union protesting, pull out to wide
2. Protestors chanting "Colombian Educators Federation, present"
3. Wide of banner reading in Spanish: "These are the enemies of health and education" showing pictures of various leaders...
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Democrats on the run in Wisconsin avoided state troopers Friday and threatened to stay in hiding for weeks, potentially paralyzing the state government in a standoff with majority Republicans over union rights for public employees.
HEADLINE: Wis. Democrats could stay away for weeks
CAPTION: Democrats on the run in Wisconsin avoided state troopers Friday and threatened to stay in hiding for weeks, potentially paralyzing the state government in a standoff with...
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UK Labour leader urges party to back EU Remain
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged all Labour Party supporters to vote to stay in the European Union, amid nervousness in the "remain" camp that it is losing momentum ahead of next week's referendum.Polls suggest the June 23 vote on...
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Traders urged not to sell Israeli dates
LEAD IN:BDS (Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions) activists have taken to the souks of Morocco to petition traders not to sell Israeli dates. They are also concerned that shoppers could be buying dried fruit from Israel without knowing...
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America's favorite sport is still in business _ for another day. The NFL and the players' union agreed Thursday to a 24-hour extension of the current collective bargaining agreement so that negotiations can continue. (March 3)
HEADLINE NFL, union agree to 24-hour deadline extension
CAPTION: America's favorite sport is still in business _ for another day. The NFL and the players' union agreed Thursday to a 24-hour extension of the current collective bargaining...
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Clinton Appeals to Organized Labor in DC Speech
Hillary Clinton is urging union workers to help her win "the kind of victory to build the future we all deserve" ahead of New York's presidential primary.Clinton spoke in Washington to a meeting of the North America's Building Trades...