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Brussels hit by general strike affecting transport, shops, and workers from public and private sectors
Public transport was badly affected in Brussels on Monday as unions staged a national strike against government policies that would extend the pension age, contain wages and cut into public services.
Some of the main shopping streets in...
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Protests as US, South Korea begin talks on free trade
1. Wide shot of protestors in front of the US Trade Representative (USTR) offices
2. Various of demonstrators chanting
3. Overhead shot of protest
4. Medium shot of Korean and US labour leaders speaking to people
5. Shot from behind...
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Striking workers march to parliament in protest at austerity reforms
1. Wide of thousands of protesters from public and private sector unions marching
2. Mid of protesters from public and private sector unions
3. Protesters at Syntagma square, riot police on the side
4. Mid of banners with Greek...
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Greece - Strikes and protests at austerity measures
Protesters clash with riot police; rocks thrown, tear gas
Athens - 15 Apr 2010
1. Pull in to anarchists throwing objects, riot police charging, tear gas, and smoke bombs going off
2. Various of damaged cafe, broken glass
Eurozone...
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Bollywood strike continues as industry pushes for pay deal
AP Entertainment
Mumbai, India, 3 October, 2008
1. Pan down of exterior of the Filmistan movie studio
2. Wide of film workers waiting outside the gate
3. Locks on the studio doors
4. Wide of the locked studio building
5. Strike notice...
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Thousands gather to protest austerity measures agreed in 2012 budget
1. Wide of demonstrators gathering at Brussels North Station
2. Wide of demonstrators coming out of station
3. Close of Belgian, Brussels and EU flags
4. Medium of demonstrators with balloons and banners
5. Wide pan of demonstration
6....
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Unions say strike over fuel will resume on Monday
1. Mid of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) logo on wall
2. Set-up shot, Owei Lakemfa, Acting General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Owei Lakemfa, Acting General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress...
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GERMANY: BONN: PROTESTING COAL MINERS CLASH WITH POLICE
German/Nat
There were clashes on the streets of Bonn Tuesday as German miners protested against cuts to government subsidies for the second day running.
Thousands of German coal miners paralysed the government district of the city and ...
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Postal workers around the country protested in front of Staples stores on Thursday, objecting to the U.S. Postal Service's pilot program to open counters in stores, staffed with retail employees. (April 24)
Postal workers around the country protested in front of Staples stores on Thursday, objecting to the U.S. Postal Service's pilot program to open counters in stores, staffed with retail employees.
Rallies were planned at 50 locations in...
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Thousands march as unions call general strike in protest at labour reforms
Thousands of people marched on Friday in Rome to protest government economic reforms that they say erode their rights.
Striking Italian union workers were holding similar marches in more than 50 Italian cities.
The general strike,...
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Electrical workers protest austerity measures, unions call general strike
1. Wide of protesting electrical company workers chanting as they march through streets
2. Close-up protesters shouting slogans
3. Various of march
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Giorgos Adamidis, head of a regional electrical workers'...
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Unions demonstrate against retirement age reform; Marseilles, Lyon, Paris
Paris
1. Wide shot of demonstration in Place de la Republique
2. Mid of demonstration
3. Close up of lit flare in demonstrator's hand
4. Various of demonstration
5. Mid shot of 41-year-old Philippe Chouquet demonstrating with his two...
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European Trade Unionists to continue anti-austerity protest
1. Wide of General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation John Monks walking in for news conference
2. Monks preparing for news conference
3. Journalist looking through document
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Monks, General...
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European trade unions hold talks with employers' group and European Union officials
1. Wide of European Commission building
2. Close-up of EU flags
3. Wide of union representatives and media inside lobby
4. John Monks, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) General Secretary
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Monks,...
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Labour ministers from world's 14 major economies meet
1. Wide exterior of Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry building
2. South African delegation entering the ministry followed by Italian Minister of Labour Maurizio Sacconi
3. Wide of news conference
4. Sacconi talking with John Evans,...
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Government plans for labour market reform angers unions
1. Wide exterior of employment office in Madrid
2. Close-up of office sign
3. Pan of people working inside the employment office
4. Unemployed people registering at employment office
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Lidia Gonz�lez,...
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Teachers protest against government proposal on education reform
1. Wide of march
2. Pull out of march
3. Long shot of teachers marching
4. Pan of police accompanying march
5. Protesters holding banner in front of attorney general's office
6. Pull out of protesters with banner
7. Pan of riot...
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PERU: LIMA: STRIKING BUS DRIVERS CLASH WITH POLICE
Spanish/Nat
The streets of Peru's capital, Lima, were brought to a standstill on Thursday as bus drivers took part in a one day strike.
There were violent scenes as the strikers threw rocks at buses still in service and there were...
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Unions march against EU austerity measures, unemployment
Thousands of union members protested in central Rome on Friday morning against austerity measures and growing unemployment figures.
The two labour unions USB (Unione Sindacale di Base) and COBAS (Confederazione dei Comitati di Base)...
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About two dozen protesters gathered outside the Consulate General of India in New York in support of Sangeeta Richard, the former housekeeper for India's deputy consul general, Devyani Khobragade. (Dec. 20)
About two dozen protesters gathered outside the Consulate General of India in New York in support of Sangeeta Richard, the former housekeeper for India's deputy consul general, Devyani Khobragade.
The protesters carried signs saying...
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Negotiators say deal struck in construction workers strike
1. Wide set up construction strike negotiators taking their seats at press conference
2. Cutaway of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Thamsanqa Piet Matosa, Deputy President of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM):
"The strike is going...
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Largest workers' union strikes to demand improved labour conditions and tax reform
1. Close-up of outdoor sign burning and police vans driving by in the background
2. Mid of water cannon truck moving through street and riot police officers running behind
3. Mid of water falling on protesters who have moved to a park to...
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Trade unions organise protest citing negative effects of inflation on economy
Argentina's trade unions protested outside government palace in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, calling on the country's president to control inflation, combat crime and stop taxing the incomes of working people.
Tens of thousands of people...
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Thousands of construction workers demonstrate outside City Hall for better working conditions
1. Top shot pan of members of Korean Construction Workers Union, protesting in front of City Hall
2. Top shot of union protesters waving flags, chanting
3. Wide top shot of protesters conducting Mexican wave
4. Various ground shots of...