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FRANCE: PARIS: TRUCKERS CALL OFF STRIKE AFTER 5 DAYS
French/Nat
French truckers have agreed to call off their strike, after five days of transport chaos and fuel shortages.
The CFDT union representing most of the drivers declared an official end to the walkout on Friday afternoon.
A...
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WRAP Hezbollah blocks roads to enforce strike; cars on fire, clashes
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 holding shields
4. Wide of Army soldiers walking towards...
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Michael Moore, a member of the Writers Guild of America, said he was optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Michael Moore optimistic about writers strike
CAPTION: Michael Moore, a member of the Writers Guild of America, said he was optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment...
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SOUTH KOREA: LABOUR UNION LEADERS CLASH WITH RIOT POLICE
Korean/Nat
Hundreds of angry labour union leaders have clashed with riot police in the South Korean capital Seoul.
They were protesting against plans by major conglomerates to shed workers through mergers and swaps of their debt-ridden,...
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General strikes; slow economic growth, high inflation leading to tough times for citizens
A nationwide strike paralysed Argentina's economy on Thursday, shutting down air, train and bus traffic, closing businesses and ports and emptying classrooms.
The strike also stopped all non-emergency hospital attention, left garbage in...
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Nokia workers threaten legal action over company's closure of German plant
1. Wide exterior of the International Trade Union House
2. Sign reading: (English) International Trade Union House
3. Bochum Nokia Union leader Gisela Achenbach speaking to reporter
4. Close-up of badge reading (German) "NOKIA has to...
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Woman who survived in collapsed building for 17 days tells of her ordeal
13 May 2013
1. Entrance to hospital
2. Reshma Begum is wheeled out of Combined Military Hospital and towards media
3. SOUNDBITE: (Bangla) Reshma Begum, building collapse survivor:
"I only had a few drops of water to survive, nothing...
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RR7650A UK BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC CRISIS
For Britain, 1976 has been a year of severe economic
crisis - one and a half million unemployed, domestic
inflation at 14 per cent, galloping devaluation, stagnant
industrial production and huge international loans to
cover the balance...
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league and players union need to find common ground as the two sides discuss a new contract. He also said the league has become more aware of how serious concussions are and how to deal with them.
HEADLINE: Goodell: NFL ''progress regarding concussions ''
CAPTION: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league and players union need to find common ground as the two sides discuss a new contract. He also said the league has become...
Bloomberg
Canada's Labor Talks With Automakers: What's at Stake?
Aug. 9 -- The union representing about 23,000 workers at U.S. automakers in Canada will push for new investment and products as it tries to stem dwindling production north of the border. Unifor will begin labor negotiations with GM, Fod...
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WRAP Union begins partial bus strike, transit officials say talks fruitless
1. Transport Workers Union (TWU) workers marching
2. Wide shot police
3. Close-up Roger Toussaint walking with protesters
4. Wide shot workers marching in circle
5. Close up "STRIKE" sign
6. Mid shot protesters chanting
7. SOUNDBITE...
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Toyota Stalls on Abe's Wage Push
March 16 -- Shinzo Abe's push for wage increases to stimulate the economy is facing some serious pushback from at least one giant of Japan Inc. Toyota has told its union that even a $9 a month pay hike will be difficult to deliver....
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Buses and trains parked as transportation unions begin 1-day national strike in Argentina
A national strike has paralysed Argentina's economy on Tuesday as some of the country's most powerful unions rally against the economic policies of President Cristina Fernandez's government.The normally bustling streets of Buenos Aires...
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SAfrica to ration power as crisis causes rolling blackouts
FILE: 13 October 2007
1. Wide of Johannesburg skyline
2. Driving shot traffic going into Johannesburg
23 January 2008
3. Wide of electricity power lines which power Soweto
4. Wide of power plant
6. Various of power lines
7. Car driving...
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VENEZUELA: OIL WORKERS CALL OFF STRIKE
Spanish/Nat
A nationwide strike by thousands of oil workers in Venezuela has been called off.
Union representatives claimed that they cut the action short so as not to allow the state oil monopoly to implement its contingency plan,...
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Calling the NCAA a "dictatorship," a handful of Northwestern football players announced Tuesday they are forming the first labor union for college athletes - one they hope will eventually represent players nationwide. (Jan. 28)
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Calling the NCAA a "dictatorship," a handful of Northwestern football players announced Tuesday they are forming the first labor union for college athletes - one they hope will eventually...
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In a crowded Seattle neighborhood, a plumbing contractor crew discovered the tusk of an ice age mammoth that died there 10,000 years ago. (Feb. 12)
In the crowded south Lake Union neighborhood where Amazon.com workers go out for espresso, an ice age mammoth died 10,000 years ago and remained until Tuesday, when a plumbing contractor crew uncovered its tusk.
It's the latest example...
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ONCE THRIVING INDUSTRIAL ZONE TURNS TO WASTELAND AMID CRISIS
In its heyday just over a decade ago, the Komotini industrial zone in northern Greece was a hive of activity, with dozens of factories producing everything from textiles to ceramics and employing nearly 20-thousand people.
Hefty...
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Clinton Appeals to Organized Labor in DC Speech
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus053602Hillary Clinton is urging union workers to help her win "the kind of victory to build the future we all deserve" ahead of New York's presidential primary.Clinton spoke in Washington to a...
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Bauhaus buildings may become World Heritage Sites ++REPLAY++
+++REPLAY+++GERMANY UNESCO BAUHAUS SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:12SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS Bernau, Germany – 27 June 20171. Reflection of building of the ADGB Trade Union School ("ADGB...
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Bauhaus buildings may become World Heritage Sites ++REPLAY++
+++REPLAY+++GERMANY UNESCO BAUHAUS SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:12SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS Bernau, Germany – 27 June 20171. Reflection of building of the ADGB Trade Union School ("ADGB...
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AFL-CIO Meets with Trump on Labor
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - February 1, 20171. Trumka at desk2. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO"We talked about (President Donald Trump and I) a lot of...
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Bauhaus buildings may become World Heritage Sites
LEAD IN: The Bauhaus school of architecture revolutionized architectural and aesthetic concepts and practices between 1919 and 1933. Some Bauhaus buildings, in the eastern German cities of Dessau and Weimar, were inscribed on the UNESCO...
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AP-NORC Poll: Americans Back Teacher Raises
VOICE-OVER SCRIPT
Teachers in West Virginia were successful when they walked off the job and won a pay raise sparking similar protests in Kentucky….
Oklahoma…
Colorado….
And...