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Union leaders announce two more protest dates
1. Tilt up of CFDT (Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail/French Democratic Confederation of Labour) trade union building
2. Wide of round table talks
3. Various of talks
4. Cutaway of papers
5. Wide of talks
6. Cutaway of...
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YUGOSLAVIA: BELGRADE: JOURNALISTS DETENTION WRAP
English/Nat
According to the Beta news agency, a group of foreign journalists and representatives from a Spanish trade union are in detention at Belgrade's international airport.
The journalists - including four Japanese, one Canadian...
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SOUTH AFRICA: P.W. BOTHA ACCUSED OF 1987 TRADE UNION OFFICE BOMBING
English/Nat
A former South African police commander convicted of apartheid era murders has accused former President P.W. Botha of ordering the 1987 bombing of trade union offices in Johannesburg.
Eugene de Kock - dubbed 'Prime Evil' by...
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FRANCE: PUBLIC WORKERS STRIKE: FURTHER DEMONSTRATIONS
French/Nat
Striking public workers took to the streets across France on Tuesday to press the government to scrap its controversial reforms.
The strike was the sixth called by powerful service unions since railroad workers walked out 19...
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SOUTH KOREA: WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST LAYOFFS
Korean/Nat
Thousands of striking South Koreans have returned to work, dealing a serious blow to a militant labour group that called a walkout to protest against increasing layoffs.
The layoffs were part of industrial reforms by companies...
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FRANCE: PUBLIC WORKERS STRIKE: GOVERNMENT AND UNION TALKS UPDATE
French/Nat
Amid plunging public morale, French government and union leaders held talks today on ways to end a crippling strike wave over austerity measures.
The Labour Minister Jacques Barrot has begun what he calls "detailed...
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Portugal workers join Europe wide austerity protests
1. Wide of head of demonstration with several union leaders holding banners reading: (Portuguese) "employment, salaries, public services"
2. Mid of several union leaders at head of demonstration
3. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Mario...
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COLOMBIA: LABOUR STRIKE IS OVER
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's longest-ever labour strike by state employees is finally over.
After more than 40 hours of negotiations, union leaders and government representatives have finally signed an agreement.
The 20-day walkout has halted...
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Thousands of protesters gathered in central Athens on Thursday as unions held a general strike against austerity measures, two weeks after violent protests left three people dead in a bank fire.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Work stoppage shuts down Acropolis
CAPTION: Thousands of protesters gathered in central Athens on Thursday as unions held a general strike against austerity measures, two weeks after violent protests left three...
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Lufthansa pilots go on strike over retirement benefits, 1350 flights cancelled
German airline Lufthansa said it has cancelled about half of its flights after pilots went on strike in an ongoing dispute over retirement benefits.
The airline, Germany's largest, said on Monday that 1,350 of its 2,800 flights scheduled...
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Colombian workers suing Coca-Cola for alleged human rights abuses
1. Various of presser
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Edgar Paez, union worker
"We will present to federal court in Florida a lawsuit against Coca-Cola for the violation of the human rights of its workers in Colombia and various crimes that...
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WRAP Officials say 'hundreds' of children sick with suspected flu, Bloomberg, school
AP Television
1. Pull out of exterior of The Robin Sue Ward School for Exceptional Children (Public School 177), in Queens
2. City health worker carrying supplies from van into school
3. Close-up of sign on van, reading: (English) "The...
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SYND 2 11 78 ECONOMIC SITUATION AFTER VARIOUS TRADE UNION STRIKES
film report on economic situation in Israel following various strikes in the country, interview with Trade Union leader Yeruhalm Meshel.
1. ms man in supermarket putting new prices on goods
2. mls pan along empty shelves
3. ms empty...
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GERMANY: METAL AND ELECTRONICS WORKERS BEGIN STRIKE
German/Nat
Thousands of workers at metal and electronics companies in Bavaria, Germany began their first full-blown walkout in 41 years Friday.
Their union, I-G Metall, is demanding a six percent wage increase and a reduction in the...
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President Zuma tells unions that the miners' strike has cost SA dearly
1. Wide pan of delegates at the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) annual general meeting
2. Wide of union delegates singing and dancing in front of the stage
3. Close of South African president Jacob Zuma smiling on...
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Hollywood writers on strike for 1st time since 1988, citing tax issues, DVD profits
3 November, 2007
1. Vince Vaughn speaks to reporter at "Fred Clause" premiere
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Vince Vaughn, actor:
"You know I respect what ever decisions that the guild makes, hopefully we can come to a quick conclusion on all...
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Road blocks, cars on fire, clashes after Hezbollah-led demo
1. Tracking shot of protesters throwing stones and army soldiers pushing them away
2. Mid of protesters being pushed away by soldiers, AUDIO: Gunfire
3. Wide of Army soldiers walking towards protesters
4. Wide of airport road and smoke...
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France - Trade Unions Stage Demonstrations
Striking public service workers in France staged their largest
demonstrations nationwide on Tuesday (5/12), as the government
gave signs it was seeking a compromise to end the worst labour
crisis in nearly a decade. A trade union...
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Presser on fate of airline, unions react
1. Wide of Alitalia airplanes
2. Mid of airplane, Alitalia sign in the back
3. Wide of workers meeting at Fiumicino airport
4. Mid of workers
5. Union leader speaking to workers
6. Mid of two flight attendants speaking
7. Wide of union...
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UN climate change negotiator welcomes the Climate Train to Durban
1. Wide interior of Durban train station, arrival of the Climate Train
2. Wide of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres standing on platform, watching train arriving
3....
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Workers at Grandpuits refinery say strike will continue
1. Wide pan from striking workers gathered around a fire to crowd at Total Grandpuits refinery
2. Wide of CGT Trade Union flag and crowd
3. Pan of striking workers waiting for meeting to begin
4. Mid of striking workers by fire
5....
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Airport chaos as pilots go on strike, plus hospital
1. Wide shot, Rome's Fiumicino Airport
2. Various interiors of Fiumicino Airport
3. Passengers entering the sliding glass doors of the airport
4. Security cars with flashing lights driving in a line at the airport
5. Protesters...
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Liege province hit by trade union strike against government policies
Trade unions called on workers in the Belgian city of Liege 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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LEBANON: BEIRUT: ANTI GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE
Arabic/Nat
The Lebanese government deployed tanks and troops Thursday to thwart an anti-government demonstration in Beirut.
The demonstrators were protesting against what they claim is Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's failure to improve...