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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
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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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Trains and air travel halted by industrial action
Air and train travel was disrupted in Belgium on Monday as unions staged a national strike against government policies that would extend the pension age, contain wages and cut into public services.
Strikers blocked entrances at Brussels...
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Deadlock in crippling dock strike continues
1. Wide shot of ship and shipping containers on the docks at the Port of Long Beach.
2. Mid shot of containers dockside.
3. Wide shot of cranes on the docks.
4. Mid shot of stacked containers.
5. Wide shot of ships in port.
6. Mid...
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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
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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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Court lifts suspension on NZ dairy giant from selling and advertising its products
A Sri Lankan court on Friday lifted a suspension on New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra from selling and advertising its products just hours after the company announced that it was temporarily closing its plant in the country because of...
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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...
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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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Serbia - Trade unions join protests
Independent trade unionists for the first time on Wednesday (11/12) backed swelling street protests in Belgrade calling on Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to restore cancelled local election results.
More than 200 representatives...
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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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Public sector unions protest against the latest austerity cuts
1. Wide of protesters holding a banner with song lyrics by singer Thanassis Papakonstantinou reading (Greek):
"Man, how shameful; them destroying your dream and you letting them to do so..."
2. Close up of protester holding banner
3....
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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
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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...