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ZIMBABWE: HARARE: ONE DAY STRIKE TURNS VIOLENT
English/Nat
Veterans of the independence war in Zimbabwe are threatening to attack whites, blaming them for inciting a strike which the government plans to quell with troops and police.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), has...
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PANAMA: PROTESTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT LABOUR REFORM PACKAGE
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of striking workers marched through the streets of Panama City Tuesday in protest against a proposed government labour reform package.
Protesters tried to keep stores closed and blocked several downtown streets...
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WRAP Opposition disrupts parliament, demo against fuel prices
1. Rada (parliament) and protesters with flags
2. Protesters lined up
3. Various of protesters chanting
4. Tilt of Rada
5. Interior of Rada
6. Ministers speaking
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Aleksander Turchinov, representative from the...
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Thousands of communist party supporters take part in march
1. Wide of communist-backed labour union PAME marching towards Syntagma square
2. Mid of workers marching in unison, carrying red carnations and red flags
3. Close of red carnation on worker's lapel
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Liana Kanneli ,...
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How the general strike is affecting Florence
1. Wide shot of Independence Square, in centre of city
2. Mid shot of banner showing Berlusconi next to Mussolini
3. Close up banner
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Marco, Protester
"We are marching for Article 18 which is a symbol for the...
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France - Juppe Meets With Union Leaders
The "social summit" between the French government, unions and employers to discuss the fundamental problems raised by three weeks of strikes opened on Thursday afternoon (21/12) in Paris. Embattled Prime Minister Alain Juppe greeted...
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UK: LONDON: BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GO ON STRIKE
English/Nat
Flight attendants on strike walked off their jobs at British Airways today, forcing the airline to cut back on its busy summer schedule and stranding thousands of travellers.
Hundreds of flights were expected to be cancelled...
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France hit by new wave of nationwide protests
1. Top shot pan of crowds gathering at Place de la Bastille
2. Various top shots of protesters marching towards Place de la Bastille, carrying signs and banners
3. Pan of protesters marching with blue banners and inflatable sign
4....
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Retrenched Daewoo workers injured in violent clashes with police during protest
1. Protesters running from police
2. Various of protesters being beaten by police
3. Ambulance crews arriving to help the injured
4. Various of injured protesters, bleeding from the head
5. Various of police arresting protesters
6....
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Pro-Zelaya march, unions loyal to ousted president call for national strike
1. Wide top view of march by union members and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya walking towards the Congress
2. Mid of protesters
3. Demonstrators in front of march holding banner with name of union
4. Wide demonstrators in...
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Workers, unions speak ahead of general strike in debt ridden Spain
1. Wide of banners being prepared for the protest: "Useless. Say NO to the reform"
2. Close up of banner being printed
3. Mid of banner reading (Spanish) "Labour Law Reform = 6.000.000 unemployed"
4. Pan of Ana Martinez entering her...
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FRANCE: PUBLIC WORKERS STRIKE: SOME WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
French/Nat
Some French subway and bus workers agreed to return to work Thursday in a sign that the three-week-old strike which has paralysed France may be ending.
At least one Paris subway line was operating briefly Thursday morning,...
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ITALY: ROME: STRIKING METALWORKERS MARCH THROUGH CITY
Italian/Eng/Nat
Thousands of striking Italian metalworkers marched through Rome on Friday to press their pay demands in a long-running dispute with employers.
Unions said as many 150-thousand workers from across Italy joined the...
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Ukraine - Miners go on strike
Inspired by the success of Russian miners in last week's "rail war", their Ukraninan colleagues followed suit on Wednesday (27/5). Thousands of unpaid coal miners went on strike and blockaded several key railways last week. Most of the...
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Protest march, reax as government pushes through further austerity cuts
1. Demonstrators from Workers' Housing Organisation and State Pension Fund Workers' Union marching
2. Protester marching with placard reading (Greek) "The Workers' Housing Organisation homes belong to the people, not to the banks"
3....
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Tough policy on immigration angers workers and employers
Paris, April 18, 2008
1. Pan from the street to the restaurant Chez Papa occupied by illegal workers on strike
2. Pan from union member asking pedestrians to sign the petition UPSOUND: (French) "In solidarity with the illegal workers on...
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Thousands protest in Mexico City in support of miners rights
1. Various of electric company where protestors work
2. Wide of protesters blocking Mexico City highway
Various of protesters with signs reading "national summit for the respect for the autonomy of union independence"
3. Wide of...
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Protestors demonstrate against US President Bush's visit
Puerto Juarez, 5 miles north of Cancun
1. Wide of union protests, push in to medium shot
2. Various of union protestors in downtown Puerto Juarez
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Martiniano Maldonado, Union Leader:
"Today, with these national...
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4:3 Pro-govt activists burn pro-Russian tents; clashes, efforts to save those in burning building
Deadly clashes took place in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa on Friday, triggered by Ukraine's offensive to recapture the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russia forces.
The clashes between pro- and anti-government activists in...
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Transport strikes by unions protesting austerity; unemployment figures released
1. Tilt down from sign at metro station reading (Spanish) "Today's strike from 6.05 to 8.50" to commuters
2. Various of metro workers protesting at Sol metro station, AUDIO: singing and clapping
3. Various of sign reading (Spanish)...
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ISRAEL: WORKERS STAGE 1 DAY STRIKE IN PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT
English/Nat
Hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike in Israel Monday in the largest popular protest yet against Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
The country's stock market, utility companies, day care, postal services, radio...
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Railway workers strike over privatisation plans
1. Wide shot of protesters shouting
2. Close up fire torches
3. Wide shot of protesters burning two boxes representing Free Trade Agreement with Chile and railway law reforms 4. Mid shot of protestors with fist in the air
5. Various...
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More than 2,000 workers at Olympic Park are on strike
More than two thousand workers stayed away from venue construction sites for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Tuesday as a strike that began last week continued without an end in sight.
The strike began on Thursday in a dispute over...
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SYND 14 5 75 CHRYSLER CAR STRIKE
The wives of Chrysler car factory workers arguing outside gates of the factory in Coventry during a strike by their husbands.
1. ms of posters in support of strike and pan to women and prams
2. ms of women carrying posters
3. cu of...