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S.N. 21/7/67 FRENCH RAILWAY WORKERS GO ON STRIKE IN PARIS
French railway workers go on strike in Paris.
1. pan empty station platforms
2. gv exterior train station, tilt up to clock tower
3. ms girl with suitcase and a dog walking along street
4. mcu luggage
5. ms two girls with...
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CAN858 40,000 TGWU AUTO WORKERS GO ON STRIKE IN OXFORD
More than 40,000 automobile workers are idled by strikes in Oxford organised by the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU). Film shows the Morris Motors factory site, the Pressed Steel Company building and the TGWU office in...
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CAN710 FRENCH METAL WORKERS STRIKE IN BORDEAUX IN PROTEST AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT THREAT
French metal workers strike in Bordeaux in protest against unemployment threat.
1. ws pan dock area
2. various cu placards
3. various of protesters marching through streets with banners
4. gv high angle, protesters marching through...
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SYND 25 8 80 ELECTRICITY WORKERS STRIKE IN EL SALVADOR
Heavily armed troops backed by armored cars and jeeps seized 5 electric power plants occupied by striking workers and reportedly arrested strike leaders, to end a 24 - hour nationwide blackout
1. ms national guards standing by, pan to...
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CAN789 FRENCH WORKERS STRIKE PRIVATE INDUSTRY
French workers strike against private industry as labour unrest continues.
1. ws demonstrators marching with banners
2. ts tilt up demonstrators through street, huge mass
3. has tilt up demonstrators along road
4. ms large banner, crowds...
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CAN928 STRIKING GAS WORKERS PROTEST IN ROME
Striking gas workers block traffic in Rome by sitting in the road. Police try and move the demonstrators on.
1. ws building exterior
2. mcu plaque: Societa Italiana per il Gas, Espercizio Romana Gas
3. ms striking gas workers sitting on...
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CAN773 SEAMEN'S UNION LEADERS SPEAK TO PRIME MINISTER AND CONTINUE ON STRIKE
National Union of Seaman reject personal appeal by Prime Minister Harold Wilson and merchant marine strike is on for Sunday midnight.
1. ms exterior Downing St
2. ms tracking bus into Downing St
3. ms demonstrators with placards
4. ms...
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CAN269 POSTAL SERVICES DISRUPTED BY UNION STRIKE
The British Post office has been hit by a strike called by the postal workers union.
1. various cu newspaper headlines on crisis
2. mcu letter put into postbox
3. ws exterior post office sporting office
4. cu sign Post Office and...
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CAN837 STATE-WIDE STRIKE CRIPPLES TRANSPORTATION IN WEST BENGAL
48 hour general strike in Calcutta and surrounding areas of the state of Bengal.
1. ws exterior idle railway station
2. ms exterior station name 'Sealdah Rail'
3. ms idle buses
4. ms boy across street, no traffic
5. ms pan right crowds...
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CAN883 TRAFFIC JAMS ENSUE, WITH ARMY TRANSPORTING PEOPLE ACROSS TOWN, AS TRANSPORT WORKERS STRIKE
Italian transport workers walk out on 48 hour strike but then decide to cut the period to 24 hours.
1. ws exterior National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II, traffic jam
2. ms traffic jam, pan right to traffic policeman
3. mcu cars moving...
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CUTS 11 7 81 POLISH NATIONAL AIRLINE STRIKE OVER CHOICE OF AIR FORCE GENERAL TO RUN THE AIRLINE
International and domestic flights are disrupted by the airline authorities strike in protest against the appointment of an Air Force General to run the state airline LOT over Bronislaw Klimaszewski who was the workers' choice. Cuts of...
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SYND 16 5 68 RENAULT STRIKE
Scenes of protestors and Renault workers on strike.
1. vs of the exterior of the Folie Bergere theatre
2. vs of groups of people gathered on the street outside the theatre
3. ms and pan of a protest banner
4. vs of the exterior of the...
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Nationwide protests and strikes grip France
Striking port workers in Le Havre gathered near the city's docks on Thursday morning, amid a wave of crippling strikes across France against a divisive labour law reform.Unions want the government to reverse the controversial reforms,...
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Transit Strike Shuts Down Athens Metro
Metro, urban rail and tram workers in the Greek capital on Thursday walked off the job for 24 hours to protest legislation that would allow the Athens transport organization to make commercial use of stations.The strike snarled traffic...
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Fireman strike in support of Catalan independence
Firefighters took part in a day of protests across Catalonia on Tuesday after Labour union and grassroots pro-independence groups urged workers to hold partial or full-day strikes.
The move is in response to alleged police...
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Striking taxi workers clash with police in Madrid
Spanish riot police have briefly clashed with taxi drivers who were blocking a highway that circles the capital, Madrid.
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British Airways pilots vote to strike over pay
British Airways pilots have voted overwhelmingly to strike amid a long-running dispute over pay.
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Climate protesters take to streets in Leeds
Climate protesters gather at Millennium Square in Leeds city centre.
Millions of people are taking to the streets across the world in what could be the largest climate protest in history.
Some of Friday’s first protests were held in...
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Greek ferries halted in port amid strike
Greek island ferries remained tied up in the Port of Piraeus for a second time in two weeks Wednesday while Athens public transport, hospitals and state schools faced disruptions as the country braced for a general strike over proposed...
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Striking teachers hold noisy rally in Chicago park
Striking Chicago Public Schools teachers held a noisy rally in the city's Grant Park Friday afternoon.
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Striking teachers hold rally in Chicago park
Striking Chicago Public Schools teachers held a noisy rally in the city's Grant Park on Friday afternoon.
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Two strike dates suspended by RMT as Rail Delivery Group talks continue
The RMT has suspended strikes due to be held on March 30 and April 1, the union has announced.
The move follows further discussions between the union and the Rail Delivery Group in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and...