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Demonstration against pension reform blocks holiday traffic
1. Police officers at the US-Mexico border
2. Zoom out from officers at border crossing
3. Wide of border crossing
4. Various of teachers marching
5. UPSOUND (Spanish) protester, no name given, Voxpop:
"To let them (teachers) know...
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US and Korean union members protest against ongoing free trade negotiations
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1. Pan from hotel where free trade talks are taking place to protestors outside the front
2. Wide shot of protestors
3. Protestors yelling and waving signs
4. People chanting and waving signs
5. Man...
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Union holds news conference on impact of Alitalia bailout
1. Wide exterior of Foreign Press Association
2. Sign reading: "Foreign press association in Rome"
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Fabrizio Solari, FILT/CGIL trade union
"We have a big problem, that is to pursue more...
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Pro and anti Chavez marches on May Day
1. Various of National Guard vehicles and forces in Caracas streets
2. Wide of pro-Chavez march
3. Pro-Chavez members holding his child waving Venezuelan flag
4. Puppets marching along pro-Chavez supporters
5. Chavez supporters marching...
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Transport workers join national strike causing some travel disruption
Transport workers from the USB union on Friday joined a national general strike in Italy, causing minor disruptions to trains and local transport in Rome and other Italian cities.
The strikers were protesting against the government's new...
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UPITN 22 7 74 Buenos Aires funeral of Trade Union leader.
The funeral of General Confederation of Labour (CGT) Union Secretary-General Adelino Romero was held in Buenos Aires
1. ws pan down of CGT Headquarters2. ws of crowd3. ms of the friends and family of Romero getting into funeral cars -...
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Workers return to work after general strike was suspended
1. Wide exterior of Hellen Joseph Hospital
2. Man with walking stick passing through hospital gates
3. Police car next to hospital sign
4. Pan of woman and child walking through hospital gates
5. Wide of school gates
6. Students waiting...
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Union reaction to Sarkozy's pension plan reforms
1. Wide of exterior of Senate
2. Union leader Francois Chereque talking to journalists in Senate courtyard
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Francois Chereque, leader of the CFDT (Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail) union:
"There are...
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Colombians march during May Day
1. May Day parade in Bogota
2. Various, labour unions marching
3. Labour unions rally at the Congress
4. Various, rally at the Bolivar Plaza
5. Presidential candidate and labour union leader surrounded by people
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish)...
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed into law the proposal that eliminates most union rights for public employees, saying he had "no doubt" support for the measure would grow over time. This comes after three weeks of protests at the Capitol. (March 11)
HEADLINE: Wis. Gov. says support will grow for new law
CAPTION: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed into law the proposal that eliminates most union rights for public employees, saying he had "no doubt" support for the measure would...
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24-hour strike to paralyse Belgium train traffic
1. Wide of passengers at Brussels South train station, also known as Brussels Midi/Zuid
2. Wide of Thalys train and empty platform
3. Close-up of Thalys train
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michael Peete, passenger travelling from Paris:
"We...
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RUSSIA: TRADE UNIONS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DELAYS IN PAYING WAGES
Russian/Nat
Trade unions across Russia are holding a day of demonstrations and marches on Tuesday to protest against delays by the government in paying wages.
The demonstrations are part of a nation-wide strike called by the country's...
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Thousands protest against govt work policies
1. Pan of dance performance taking place during workers' protest
2. Close-up of performance
3. Wide of protesters holding up signs
4. Tilt-up of a protester holding sign
5. Mid of protesters waving banners
6. Tilt-down of flags reading...
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SOUTH KOREA: CAR WORKERS STRIKE
Korean/Nat
All four of South Korea's car plants came to a standstill on Thursday when their assembly line workers walked off their jobs.
The strike is to protest the proposed sale of the troubled Daewoo Motor Company to a foreign...
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Civil servants protest slash in pay, pensions and possible job cuts
1. Protesters burning tax papers
2. Wide of municipal employees and other civil servants gathered
3. Close of burnt paper on ground
4. Police with shields guarding finance ministry, pan to protesters
5. Riot police with shields
6....
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WRAP Protests as general strike starts against austerity ADDS stranded tourists
Madrid
1. Mid of march by UGT (General Workers Union) and CCOO (Comisiones Obreras), protesters chanting as they walk along street
2. Mid of demonstrators passing with flags and banners
3. Close up of poster reading (Spanish) "Thank you...
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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, former Dane County executive Kathleen Falk and two other Democrats will square off Tuesday in a primary in Wisconsin for the right to face Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a June 5 general recall election.
HEADLINE: Wis. Democrats to pick rival for governor's recall race
CAPTION: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, former Dane County executive Kathleen Falk and two other Democrats will square off Tuesday in a primary in Wisconsin for the right to...
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Putin tells union leaders about importance of liberalising trade in the APEC region
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday stressed the importance of liberalising trade within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) area.
At a meeting with leaders of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in Moscow,...
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Albania - Protest banned
Albanian authorities on Sunday (2/2) banned a planned anti-government
demonstration scheduled for late morning in Tirana, the capital. It had been organised by independent trade unions.
One of the trade union leaders was taken away in a...
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Reax from union to the offer withdrawal
1. Various exteriors of Rome Airport
2. Close of airport control tower
3. Alitalia trade unions representative shouting slogans, UPSOUND: (Italian) "Better bankrupt than fall in the hands of those bandits!"
4. Wide of spontaneous...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: NATIONAL STRIKE
Spanish/Nat
A national strike has cut off most normal activity in Bogota on Tuesday, and the widespread presence of the police and the military is apparent on many streets.
Many people heeded the call of four major labour unions who...
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Anti US protest at APEC summit
1. Protesters holding anti-APEC and anti-Bush banners, zoom out
2. Two protesters at Busan University
3. Mid shot of protest literature
4. Two protesters preparing for protest
5. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Roh Young-Ran, Civil Activist for...
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Portugal PM announces another $6.3 billion in spending cuts; opposition reax
1. Pan right of Portuguese Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, arriving at news conference for televised address to the nation
2. Wide of Passos Coelho speaking
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese Prime...
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Unions stage large protest in the Italian capital
1. Wide pan right of protesters beginning a march in central Rome, giant letters forming word (Italian) 'Legality'
2. Mid of protesters with flags reading 'FIOM CGIL' (Federazione Impiegati Operai Mettallurgici and Confederazione...