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Italian car workers strike in protest at huge job cuts
1. Wide shot of FIAT employees on Palermo-Catania highway
2. Close up of worker crossing the road with red flag
3. Medium shot of truck driving by at high speed
4. Medium shot of workers stopping cars
5. Various, workers invading the...
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Belgian GM workers react to German Opel strike
1. Various exteriors of Opel factory
2. Set up shot of Opel Director of Public Affairs Marco Van Riel
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marco Van Riel, Opel Director of Public Affairs:
"So last week GM Europe announced a cost cutting plan, a pan...
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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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Tens of thousands rally against retirement bill
Paris
1. Pan and tilt down from union flags to trucks participating in protest
2. Close-up of anti-pension reform posters on truck reading (French) "Retirement at 60 - employment for young people", and "The young at the grindstone; the...
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South Korea - Trade unions stage strikes
South Korean trade union leaders on Thursday (28/5) took refuge in a Seoul cathedral in an apparent bid to avoid arrest as some 120,000 workers began the second day of a general strike.
About 20 members of the Korean Confederation of...
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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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Gaza - Contract Signed With European Union
The European Union (EU) signed a contract with the Gaza
municipality on Wednesday (10/8) for an aid package of more than
1.5 million U.S. dollars to help clean up the city.
gvs training camp
palestinian flag and pull back security...
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the case of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, Cisco Systems bets on the future of wireless phones and Ford is one step closer to winning contract concessions. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Oct. 13)
HEADLINE: Money Minute: High Court to hear Skilling appeal
CAPTION: The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the case of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, Cisco Systems bets on the future of wireless phones and Ford is one step closer to...
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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 - Trade Unions stage protest
Protestors were on Friday (7/3) gathering outside South Korea's parliament on the eve of a parliamentary session to discuss controversial new labour laws. Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) organised the rally...
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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...