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Rallies for and against the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement held
1. Mid of activists who support South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA), wearing masks depicting late former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, US President Barack Obama and current South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, opening...
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USA: STRIKING BELL ATLANTIC EMPLOYEES TO GO BACK TO WORK (2)
English/Nat
Striking U-S phone company employees are going back to work after a tentative contract was agreed to end the Bell Atlantic strike.
More than 70-thousand Bell Atlantic workers had spent three days on strike over a dispute...
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SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL: WORKERS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST LAYOFFS
Korean/Nat
Thousands of South Korean workers staged a rally in Seoul to protest against layoffs being made as a result of the financial crisis in Asia.
Companies are cutting back to meet conditions set by the International Monetary Fund...
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CHILE: PENSION FUNDS SYSTEM INTRODUCED 16 YEARS AGO IS SUCCESSFUL
Spanish/Nat
A revolutionary private pension funds system introduced in Chile 16 years ago has proven so successful that other Latin American countries are set to adopt it.
The specialised pension fund management companies (A-F-Ps) that...
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Labour unions gather for march on pension system overhaul
1. Wide of protesters marching in front of the Colosseum in Rome holding anti-government banners and stopping to bump helmets on the ground while yelling anti-government slogans
2. Close up of helmets being bumped on the ground and...
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MOFA on Syria airstrikes; Baghdad trade union official, analyst and vox pop
Officials in China and Iraq on Tuesday reacted to airstrikes in Syria by the US and five Arab countries.
The US and Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates launched airstrikes on Islamic State group targets in...
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Public sectors strike intensifies in day of nationwide industrial action
Johannesburg
1. Wide of building, tilt down to striking workers
2. Wide of placard reading, "Starve your votes. There is always next election"
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mbhazima Shilowa, premier of Gauteng province
"And negotiate. And only...
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Hollywood writers still need to ratify it, but their guild says a tentative contract agreement has been reached, meaning the three month-old writers strike may be almost over
HEADLINE: Writers strike nearing an end
CAPTION: Hollywood writers still need to ratify it, but their guild says a tentative contract agreement has been reached, meaning the three month-old writers strike may be almost over. (Feb. 11)
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Bankia workers demonstrate over planned sackings and salary cuts
1. Wide of protest outside Bankia central branch in Madrid
2. Pan of protesters holding banner reading (Spanish): "NO to firing"
3. Mid of protesters with union flags
4. Mid of protesters chanting
5. Close of protester singing with a...
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Serbia - Trade unions join protests
Independent trade unionists for the first time on Wednesday (11/12) backed swelling street protests in Belgrade calling on Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to restore cancelled local election results.
More than 200 representatives...
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General Motors employees headed back to work Wednesday after the company reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers union. The new GM contract is still subject to an employee vote
HEADLINE: GM workers back on the job after strike
CAPTION: General Motors employees headed back to work Wednesday after the company reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers union. The new GM contract is still subject to an...
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Trade unions call for general strikes in four regions against government policies
Belgian trade unions called on workers across the country to participate in a national strike on Monday to protest against government policies that will extend the pension age, contain wages and cut into public services.
The Liege...
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The Los Angeles school board has voted to send notices of impending layoffs to more than 8,800 teachers and other employees. The AP's John Mone reports on how dozens of teachers staged a sit-in on the board in protest.
HEADLINE: School board approves layoffs, teachers protest
CAPTION:The Los Angeles school board has voted to send notices of impending layoffs to more than 8,800 teachers and other employees. The AP's John Mone reports on how dozens of...
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Opened in 2012, Revel was supposed to breathe new life into Atlantic City's stagnant economy, but instead the casino, along with two others, is closing, leaving many to question what's next for the city once known as America's playground. (Sept. 2)
When Revel Casino opened in 2012 it was supposed to revitalize Atlantic City.
Two years later - Revel announce its closing its doors.
The shuttering of Revel, along with the announced closings of Trump Plaza and Showboat, leaves huge...
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South Korea - Industrial unrest intensifies
There has been a mixed response in South Korea to calls for a mass public sector walkout on Tuesday (14/1) by the Federation of Korean Trade Union (FKTU).
The finance sector was only marginally affected by the participation in the strike...
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Public transport and commerce come to a halt as workers' unions launch 48-strike
1. Mid of strike posters on lamp posts, Greek parliament building in background
2. Close-up of strike poster
3. Pan from Syntagma Square to closed metro station entrance
4. Close-up of poster on metro entrance reading: (English and...
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Peruvians struggle to reach jobs amid national strike
1. Various of protesters marching in Lima streets
2. Various of newspaper headlines
3. Various of police patrolling streets
4. Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alan Garcia, Former Peruvian President:
"The...
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Journalists' hunger strike over media independence reaches day 6
1. Hungarian TV journalists, who are on hunger strike, walk in front of the headquarters of the public broadcasting (MTV)
2. Tilt down of the entrance area where hunger strike is taking place, with sign reading (Hungarian) "Designated...
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Rally marks anniversary of rebellion
1. Women from the Russian Workers Union walking past the White House, carrying a banner and singing an old Soviet song
2. Wide shot soldiers and civilians carrying Soviet flags in front of the White House
3. Wide shot crowd with flags
4....
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LEBANON: LEBANESE ARMY TAKES ACTION AGAINST GENERAL STRIKE
English/Nat
The Lebanese army has enforced an 11-hour curfew across Lebanon to prevent Labour unions staging a general strike and holding anti-government demonstrations.
The General Federation of Labor Trade Unions had called for a day...
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Tens of thousands join parade calling for improvements in working conditions
Tens of thousands of South Korean union members marched on Friday to call for changes to the country's labour law.
Around 10-thousand members of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) gathered in central Seoul to demand...
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Union members decide not to strike over GM job cuts plan
1. Wide of Opel flags
2. Mid of Opel entrance with sign reading General Motors Belgium
3. Workers entering plant
4. Various of workers at meeting
5. Workers leaving plant
6. Close up of poster reading: "JOB" with Opel logo, workers...
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General strike over pensions
1. Wide shot of demonstrators
2. Pan across demonstration
3. Closer shot demonstrators
4. Police officers in demonstration laughing
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Hans Sallmutter, President of GPA, Austria's largest workers' union (representing...
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BOLIVIA: STATE OF SIEGE UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
The Bolivian government confirmed today (Thursday) that it had arrested almost 400 people accused of sedition after President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada ordered a state of siege to stem violent labor unrest.
Bolivia awoke...