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Latest public transport strike hits capital, protesters occupy state power company
1. Wide of power company building under occupation by employees to prevent electricity bills from being issued that include a new property tax; black banner reads (Greek) "Occupation"; pans down to show protesters from the "I won't pay"...
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Public sector workers stage 24 hour strike over cuts
1. Wide of Rome train station car park
2. Various of people waiting for a bus
3. Sign on bus reading (Italian) 'Termini station'
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Vox Pop, Cristina, no last name given, commuter:
"It's not fair because we have...
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SOUTH KOREA: PROTESTS DEMANDING ABOLITION OF LABOUR LAW CONTINUE
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Thousands of striking South Korean workers rallied in Seoul and other towns Saturday as international groups mounted pressure on South Korea to stop suppressing free labour movement.
As the country grinds to a halt with the...
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Head of public sector union comments on IMF report and expected Troika arrival
1. Various of a man shouting into a megaphone, leading a protest march of health care workers
2. Wide of health care workers marching in downtown Athens
3. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Kostas Tsikrikas, Head of Civil Servants Confederation...
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Demo against planned French labour reforms
Hundreds of trade unionists and young people gathered in Paris on Satueday to ask the government to modify planned labour reforms.The CFDT (French Confederation of Christian Workers) and other moderate trade unions and the youth movement...
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WORKERS AND UNIONS WARY OF NEW GOVERNMENT
Greek workers were doubtful on Monday that Greece would soon overcome a deep financial crisis a day after conservative New Democracy won parliamentary elections with a promise to renegotiate the terms of a bailout deal.
Panos...
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SYND 20 10 67 COMMENTS FROM POLITICAL LEADERS ON STRIKES HITTING THE COUNTRY
Minister of Labour, Ray Gunter, trade union leaders, Frank Cousins, and Communist Party Secretary John Gollan comment on trade union troubles which threaten to cripple British economy.
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) cu interior Gunter speaking...
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Thousands of teachers strike in Romania
Thousands of Romanian teachers demonstrated outside the Romanian government's main offices in Bucharest on Wednesday before marching through the capital to demand higher salaries.Dressed in yellow tee-shirts, blue and red caps, teachers...
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Labour reform demo blocks roads to Marseille
Workers union protesters blocked roads near Marseille on Thursday morning, in protest against labour reforms in France.French truckers have been protesting against lower payment for extra hours, which is being introduced through new...
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High Copper or Lead in 19 Detroit Schools' Water
Detroit Public Schools officials say elevated lead or copper levels have been found in the water in 19 schools amid ongoing testing at schools around the country in response to the crisis in nearby Flint.The Detroit district began...
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Union rallies in Athens as strike under way
Several thousand people, including Communist party union members, held peaceful demonstrations in central Athens on Friday, amid a growing discontent with the left-led coalition government, which was only re-elected last...
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Granite and marble businesses complain of Chinese competition
LEAD IN:Marble and granite businesses in parts of Egypt are complaining that Chinese companies are taking over their traditional trade. One investor says Egyptian owned companies are struggling to compete because the technology the...
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French strike may disrupt Euro 2016
The largest French railway union has threatened to call for an "extendable strike" on the first day of the Euro 2016 if the government fails to meet their demands. Seven different railway unions, including the CGT, called on their...
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FARC: Colombia must deal with paramilitaries
Colombia's largest guerrilla group said on Wednesday no peace deal would be signed with the government as long as "criminal shock troops prepare and celebrate in advance a new bloodbath." The issue of right-wing paramilitaries and...
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Sudanese tea seller receives courage award from John Kerry
LEAD INA woman from Sudan has been honoured in Washington as one of the ten most courageous women in the world.Awadiya Mahmoud Koko received the International Women of Courage award for her work as an activist for female...
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Group of Flint Residents Condemns Trump’s Visit
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION – AP CLIENTS ONLYFlint, Michigan – 14 September 20161. Various of anti-Trump protesters holding up a "wall" made of used water bottles at the site of a news conference...
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French union leader slams govt on labour law
Scuffles broke out between police and protesters in Paris on Tuesday as demonstrators gathered to show their opposition to a contested government bill reforming labour laws.The French Senate was expected to vote on the bill later on...
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Venezuela crisis has big impact on school system
Maria Gabriela Arias slipped her notebooks into her backpack, scrounged for a banana to share with her brother and sister, and set off for high school through narrow streets so violent taxis will not come here for any price. The...
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United Mine Workers Rally on Capitol Hill
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ON LYWashington, DC - 8 September 20161. Wide of rally with US Capitol in the background2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of...
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Trade unions protest performance-based pay
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYSeoul – 29 September 20161. Various of protesters entering rally site to protest against the performance-based payment system 2. Protesters punching air...
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Gang suspected of killing US teenagers
The school year in one suburban New York community has started with funerals, fear and frustration. Four teenagers from Brentwood High School on Long Island have been found dead this month, all suspected victims of gang violence.While...
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AFL-CIO Meets with Trump on Labor
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - February 1, 20171. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO"We talked about (President Donald Trump and I) a lot of different things....
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Populism Stalls With Macron Win, Le Pen Defeat
May.08 -- France continues populism's losing streak with the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic and former speechwriter to George W. Bush, explains what...
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Romanian police protest over low salaries
Around a thousand police officers protested in the Romanian capital, Bucharest on Thursday to demand higher salaries.Officers from different parts of the country gathered outside the interior ministry, waving Romanian flags and calling...