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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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Trade unions stage nationwide protests
1. Wide shot of the trade union members' rally outside the Russian White House, seat of the Russian government
2. Protester gives out leaflets
3. Pan of crowd
4. Banners
5. Various of protesters
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexander...
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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...
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SOUTH KOREA: STRIKING WORKERS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST LAYOFFS
Korean/Nat
Thousands of workers in South Korea are holding a nationwide strike to protest against planned layoffs being made to help the country's economy recover from Asia's financial crisis.
Companies say cut backs are needed in...
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President Barack Obama is rallying union workers by painting a bleak portrait of America's infrastructure. In a speech to the AFL-CIO, he blamed Republicans for focusing on tax cuts rather than rebuilding infrastructure and creating jobs.
HEADLINE: Obama Speaks to Unions, Blasts GOP
CAPTION: President Barack Obama is rallying union workers by painting a bleak portrait of America's infrastructure. In a speech to the AFL-CIO, he blamed Republicans for focusing on tax cuts...
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WRAP Anti-Bush protest; ADDS US President meets children
Santa Cruz Balanya, Guatemala
1. United States presidential helicopter Marine 1 landing
2. Children waiting holding Guatemalan and US flags
3. Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, US President George Bush and first ladies getting out of...
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WRAP Flights cancelled as Lufthansa pilots strike, union, reax; ADDS rally
1. Various interior shots of Frankfurt airport terminal
2. SOUNDBITE (German) Alexander Gerhard Madjidi, Pilots'' Union spokesman:
"We announced this strike a week early to give Lufthansa the chance to come to terms with us and to give...
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Tens of thousands protest government''s economic policies
1. Various of security forces deploying for demonstration
2. Demonstrators holding placards
3. Close-up of banners
4. Wide top shot of demonstration
5. Various of demonstration
6. Demonstrators shouting
7. Various of demonstration
8....
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May Day rallies by government supporters and opposition
1. Wide of workers, opposition supporters, marching, AUDIO: music
2. Mid of people marching
3. Mid of people waving Venezuelan flags and yellow flags representing the opposition
4. Mid of people marching and man carrying poster, reading:...
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Italian civil servants strike; German markets react to debt deal, China
Rome, Italy
1. Wide of civil servants waving flags of the Italian Labour Union (UIL), one of the three main national trade unions gathered in the central Piazza Santi Apostoli
2. Close up of flags
3. Medium of protesters
4. SOUNDBITE...
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WRAP Morales calls off hunger strike ADDS decree signing, celebrations
1. Exterior of Congress
2. Various of lawmakers voting
3. Back shot of lawmaker going over papers detailing proposed legislation
4. Various wide shots of interior of Congress
5. Exterior of presidential palace
6. Bolivian President Evo...
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Demonstrators from trade unions and civil society groups protest Obama's visit
1. Wide of protester outside Cape Town's Parliament building holding placard reading (English): "Obama link to Israel"
2. Pan of protester holding placard reading (English): "Obama mass killer"
3. Pan of group of protesters holding...
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Cabin crew pay strike disrupts flights in and out of Germany's financial hub
Lufthansa flight attendants escalated their bitter pay dispute on Tuesday, going out on strike at three German airports - including the two biggest, Frankfurt and Munich - in a showdown with an airline determined to bring down...
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Thousands attend demonstrations over retirement bill
Marseille
1. Wide of protesters gathering at the Old Port with ferry, boats and tourist train in background
2. Various of protesters at port with banners and flags
3. Protesters with red CGT union (Confederation of General Labour...