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Striking truck drivers say they will continue protest
1. Wide of truck drivers gathered outside meeting venue
2. Various of truck drivers entering meeting venue
3. Wide pan of general assembly meeting
4. Close-up of truck drivers in audience
5. Striking union leader Giorgos Tzortzatos on...
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Preview of general strike in Greece as unions protest income cuts
Greek unions launched a general anti-austerity strike Wednesday that has halted train and island ferry services while disrupting state hospitals and other public services.
Wednesday's 24-hour strike is also causing public transport...
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MEXICO: UNEMPLOYED STATE BUS DRIVERS PROTEST
Spanish/Nat
Unemployed former Mexican state employees have marched on the government to demand their jobs back, but were prevented by riot police.
The protesters were from a defunct public bus company.
Mexico City's government declared...
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Unions demonstrate against govt labour reform laws
1. Wide shot sunset over Rome
2. Wide shot demonstration
3. Various shots flags
4. Wide shot banner saying 'No to terrorism'
5. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Maria Pacelli, protester:
"CGIL, CISL, UIL( Major Italian Trade Unions) want strongly...
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Students march on employers federation, police, unions
1. Line of police vehicles lined up outside Paris HQ of MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de La France), main employers' organisation, policeman walking on road
2. Mid shot policemen outside MEDEF
3. Tilt down MEDEF headquarters
4....
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GNS Adds march to memorial service marking anniversary of rebellion against Yeltsin
October 03 2003
1. Wide shot memorial service outside Ostankino television station attended by about 200 Communists, carrying red flags and flowers
2. Various of religious figures leading the memorial service
3. People holding photos...
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Aftermath of student riots against retirement reform
1. Smouldering debris in road, tilt up to municipal workers clearing burnt out car
2. Wide of workers pushing burnt car out of road
3. Low angle of woman shouting at group of young people, UPSOUND: (French) "Who do you want me to...
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Striking teachers' march arrives in capital
1. Various of Oaxaca protesters marching in Mexico City
2. Set up of interview with teacher Alfredo Chio
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alfredo Chio, Oaxaca teacher:
"We are going to establish ourselves at the Senate so that they fulfill...
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Metro workers choose not to join strike + comment from OAS secretary
1. Demonstration of bank workers union
2. Close up demonstrator
3. Wide shot of man walking with poster " The bank is also Venezuela. We are on Strike"
4- SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Elias Torres, President of Fedebancas
"The document...
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Serbia - Teachers and lawyers join strikes
Lawyers and striking teachers on Friday (31/1) took to the streets of Belgrade to protest against the Serbian government of President Slobodan Milosevic.
Widening the protest to strike action, thousands of teachers called for the...
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SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL: TRADE UNIONISTS STAGE 4 HOUR STRIKE
Korean/Nat
Tens of thousands of South Korean trade unionists staged a four-hour strike Friday, unhappy with the snail-paced legislative negotiations on changing a disputed labour law.
The strike was called by the Korean Confederation of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: THOUSANDS JOIN IN NATIONWIDE STRIKE
English/Nat
Thousands of workers, chanting and waving banners, have joined a nationwide strike across South Africa.
The day of protest has been called by the country's largest trade union, COSATU.
The union is trying to block a proposed...
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ARGENTINA: STUDENTS PROTEST OVER LACK OF EDUCATION FUNDING
Spanish/Nat
More than 20-thousand students took to the streets of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires on Wednesday in protest at lack of funding in education.
The mainly peaceful demonstration challenged Argentina's President Carlos Menem...
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Israel - Unions launch general strike
Israeli unions lanched a potentially crippling nationwide wildcat strike on Thursday (24/7) to support communications workers battling privatisation moves.
The walkout was called hours after the government issued an order to force...
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MEXICO: DISSIDENT UNIONISTS STAGE A MOCK FUNERAL OF AGING LEADER
Spanish/Nat
Dissident trade unions in Mexico are planning huge demonstrations to press President Ernesto Zedillo's government to democratise the labor movement.
Two days before the protests, dissidents unionists staged a mock funeral...
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Morning commute disrupted by transport strike and unions protest
Commuters were facing delays in Rome on Friday, as two labour unions staged a major nationwide general strike involving transport, education and health systems.
The strikes were organised by the USB (Unione Sindacale di Base) and the...
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South Korea - Protests become violent
Despite another high turnout of strikers in Seoul and several other cities throughout South Korea on Wednesday (15/1), support for the action against the government's new labour laws appears to be waning.
Two rival unions - the...
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Air France pilots demonstrate outside of parliament
On the eighth day of striking, Air France pilots and stewards gathered in front of the French Parliament on Tuesday to call on the aviation company to abandon their expansion plans for low cost carrier, Transavia.
The pilots reiterated...
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ISRAEL: HALF A MILLION WORKERS GO ON STRIKE OVER PENSION FUNDS
English/Nat
Half a (m) million Israeli workers have gone on strike over pension funds, closing post offices, schools, banks and government offices, and halting rail and airline service.
Workers went ahead with the strike on Sunday,...
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Newspapers, staff, passengers reax to airline's threatened demise
1. Pan of newspapers
2. Headline in La Repubblica newspaper reading (in Italian): "Alitalia at risk of closing in 10 days. ANPAV (union) flight attendants: 'we sign'"
3. Headline in Il Corriere della Sera newspaper reading (in Italian):...
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SYND 31 1 77 PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IN PITTSBURGH TALKING TO UNION LEADERS AND VISITING A FACTORY
US President Jimmy Carter arriving in Pittsburgh to talk with union leaders about measures against fuel shortage and visits a factory hit by fuel shortage due to severely cold weather.
1. gv snow covered landscape, helicopter flying over...
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Union protesters demand drastic policy changes from EU leaders
1. Close-up of banners reading (English) "Make the speculators PAY!" and " NO TO austerity"
2. Wide of protesters holding banners
3. Protester speaking through megaphone
4. Close-up of protester speaking through megaphone
5. Wide of...
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PHILIPPINES: PAL EMPLOYEES THREATEN TO JOIN PILOTS STRIKE
English/Nat
Flight attendants and ground crew of the troubled Philippine Airlines (P-A-L) have threatened to join a strike by about 600 pilots if the company institutes layoffs in a move to cut costs.
Last Wednesday, the financially...
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Republican primary voters picked candidates Tuesday who they hoped would put the state's finances in order, take on labor unions and chip away at Democratic dominance of the state. (March 18)
Sensing a real chance to put one of their own back in the governor's office, Republican primary voters picked candidates Tuesday who they hoped would put the state's finances in order, take on labor unions and chip away at Democratic...