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Flights cancelled in Germany as pilots strike; France reax
Frankfurt, Germany
1. Various of planes on tarmac
2. Various of departures board in terminal showing cancelled flights
3. Various of terminal and passengers
4. Pilots demo in front of Lufthansa headquarters
5. Various of pilots...
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Unions from across Europe prepare for mass demo ADDS more
1. Wide of Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, final destination of demonstrations
2. Close of EU flag
3. Wide of preparation of the stage
4. Close of banner reading (English) "No to austerity"
5. Tilt up preparation work
6. Wide of Gare...
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Lufthansa pay strike continues, disruption in Berlin, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
1. Wide interior of Lufthansa terminal, Frankfurt airport
2. Mid of passengers at check in desks
3. Lufthansa spokesperson Klaus Walther being interviewed
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Klaus Walther, Lufthansa spokesperson:
"We try...
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Donesk votes for independence; Investigation commission on May 2 Odessa deaths
The pro-Russia insurgents who organised Sunday's referendum in two regions of eastern Ukraine announced on Monday that 89 percent of those who cast ballots in the Donetsk region voted for sovereignty.
Speaking at a news conference the...
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PANAMA: PRESIDENT ELECT MIREYA MOSCOSO
Spanish/Nat
Mireya Moscoso will make history this week when she becomes Panama's first female president.
However, after winning elections in May, the widow of ex-president Arnulfo Arias soon takes office with a formidable set of problems...
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March through Athens as strike held to protest austerity measures
1. Wide high angle shot of communist-backed labour union demonstrators marching
2. Mid of demonstrators marching
3. Protester chanting slogans
4. Wide high angle shot showing depth of crowd down street
5. Protesters holding red flags...
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Union members in go-slow protest over electronic road tolling system
1. Wide of vehicles from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), driving slowly in protest against E-Tolls
2. Pan of vehicles with stickers reading "Don't buy e-tags"
3. Wide of COSATU members gathered and being briefed by...
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The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, stalling the city's bus, subway and trolley operations a day after the World Series shifted to New York and forcing thousands of commuters to find other ways to get to work.
HEADLINE: Buses, subways halted by Philly transit strike
CAPTION: The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, stalling the city's bus, subway and trolley operations a day after the World Series...
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Teachers give reasons for going on strike as two unions prepare for action
1. Close of flier reading: (Portuguese) "I'm a teacher and I receive 800 euros every month. Every year I change school and city. Almost all my salary is used to pay the rent and my travel costs. I have postponed my life. I cannot think...
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PM meets business and union leaders to seek alternatives to planned pay cuts
The prime minister of bailed-out Portugal was on Monday searching for alternatives to his planned pay cut for workers - a measure that triggered massive street protests and split the coalition government.
Pedro Passos Coelho took the...
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Writers return to work after strike ends
1. Wide pan to entrance to Warner Bros. Studios
2. Zoom out of cars at entrance
3. Close-up of Warner Bros. logo on water tower
4. Cars entering Warner Bros. Studio complex
5. Wide of billboards at Warner Bros Studios
6. Various of...
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Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to try to find some of the absent Democratic senators in hopes at least one would come back to allow a vote on a measure to curb the power of public-employee unions.
HEADLINE: Wis. Police search for Democratic Senators
CAPTION: Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to try to find some of the absent Democratic senators in hopes at least one would come back to allow a vote on a measure to...
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Up to 60% of Air France flights expected to be cancelled due to pilots' strike
The Operations Director at Air France apologised publicly on Monday for a pilot strike which she said "is damaging to all our passengers."
Catherine Jude was addressing journalists at the airline's headquarters at Roissy Charles de...
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PHILIPPINES: PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) SET TO SHUT DOWN
Tagalog/Nat
Philippine Airlines is set to shut down on Wednesday, but employees are hoping problems between the company's union and management can be resolved in time for a last minute reprieve.
In a last-ditch effort to stop the...
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Greece - Greek Prime Minister announces new deal with debt inspectors / Workers stage May Day protests, EU flag burning outside parliament / Police prevent Golden Dawn members from opening a Greeks-only soup kitchen / Greek national broadcaster ERT goes off the air due to austerity cuts
Greek Prime Minister announces new deal with debt inspectors
Athens - 15 April 2013
1. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Antonis Samaras, Greek Prime Minister:
"That is not a human sacrifice, as some claim. We are firing people who have disciplinary...
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Union members hold rally as part of strike against govt's privatisation plans
A nationwide strike against a government privatisation programme brought Paraguay to a halt on Wednesday.
Trade unions and rural community leaders called for demonstrations in the capital, Asuncion.
Hundreds of people took part, blocking...
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Pain bites into Portuguese life as crisis deepens, more cuts expected
25 March 2013
1. Pan up from child to Baptista family in the kitchen
2. Various of Elena Baptista cooking chicken
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Baptista (sitting next to wife Elena Baptista):
"Did the sky fall on us? Yes, it fell, a...
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Teachers protesting against education reform clash with police in southern state of Oaxaca
Dozens of students' parents in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca violently clashed on Thursday with teachers from the National Education Workers Coordinating Committee (CNTE), the smaller of the country's two main teachers...
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Protest against austerity cuts ahead of PM''s speech on economy
1. Mid of striking taxi drivers marching and chanting slogans
2. Wide of striking taxi drivers marching
3. Mid of taxi drivers marching and chanting slogans
4. Pan left as taxi drivers march
5. Demonstrator holding Greek flag passing...
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The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. said Wednesday they have reached a tentative contract agreement that ends a two-day nationwide strike immediately.
HEADLINE: UAW announces contract agreement with GM
CAPTION: The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. said Wednesday they have reached a tentative contract agreement that ends a two-day nationwide strike immediately. (Sept....
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Lyon named city where people work the least hours
AP Television
Lyon, France, October 2009
1. Mid shot young people sitting on wall with view over Lyon
2. Tilt down pub sign to street in Lyon Old Town
3. Mid shot woman buying goods at market
4. Mid shot market stall with view of...
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SOUTH KOREA: GOVERNMENT RUN COMPANY WORKERS STAGE PROTEST
Korean/Nat
Around two-thousand workers at government-run companies have marched through the South Korean capital Seoul to protest at layoffs which President Kim Dae-jung says are essential to attract foreign capital.
The government plans...
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FRANCE: WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT WELFARE REFORMS
French/Nat
Thousands of workers gathered across France on Saturday in a renewed protest over unpopular government welfare reforms.
The demonstrations coincided with the first anniversary of the unveiling of the plan by French Prime...
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Lawmakers oppose president ahead of strike, reax ahead of strike
1. Various of newspaper headlines
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Esele, President, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria
"If you say the country is broke, that you need to get more money, what you have been getting what have you been doing with...