Press Association
Employers can now decide if it is safe to be back in the workplace
Trade unions have criticised the Government’s decision to press on with measures to get people back into the office, despite putting the brakes on other lockdown easing plans. Under the new guidance, which came into force on August 1,...
Press Association
Christmas Eve among six more strike dates announced for Royal Mail workers
Royal Mail workers are to stage six strikes next month, including on Christmas Eve, in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The Communication Workers Union said its members will walk out on December 9, 11, 14, 15, 23...
Press Association
Ambulance worker strikes in England called off by Unite union to enter pay talks
Ambulance worker strikes in England have been called off by the Unite union. On Monday, union members at ambulance trusts in the West Midlands, North West, South Central, South Coastal, and East Midlands had planned to strike.
Press Association
Mick Lynch joins protest at Tory Conference
RMT boss Mick Lynch speaks at a protest in Birmingham ahead of the Conservative Party Conference.
Bridgeman Arts
Going Places (1948) part 4 - worker supported with wages, health care, insurance, vacation leave and home.
Clip from a 1948 American educational cartoon called Going Places about capitalism / banking system / business / entrepreneurship. Factory warehouse worker loads boxes of stock in shipping-receiving area. Worker collects wages from boss....
Press Association
'Fexible' tiered pensions plan announced in Ireland
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys announces a new "flexible" tiered pensions plan that will come into effect from January 2024. Announcement made from Government Buildings, Dublin.
Bridgeman Arts
Fruit picking and sugar production in Martinique, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 3 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, locals pick bananas, coconuts, pineapples, oranges, mangoes and other fruit. The crops are transported by truck....
Bridgeman Arts
Chinon Nuclear Power Plant in Indre-et-Loire. France, 1959
Clip 2 from the nuclear power documentary 'La voie Francaise des centrales nucleaires, de marcoule a chinon' made between 1954 and 1956, and presented by Le Commissariat - l'Energie Atomique et Electricite de France. Control room of G2...
Bridgeman Arts
Wool factory. France, 1950
Clip 14 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of the local wool factory and workers operating the machines.
Bridgeman Arts
Chinon Nuclear Power Plant in Indre-et-Loire, France, 1959, part 4
Clip 5 from the nuclear power documentary 'La voie Francaise des centrales nucleaires, de marcoule a chinon' made between 1954 and 1956, and presented by Le Commissariat - l'Energie Atomique et Electricite de France. Construction of A1,...
Bridgeman Arts
Chinon Nuclear Power Plant in Indre-et-Loire, France, 1959, part 2
Clip 3 from the nuclear power documentary 'La voie Francaise des centrales nucleaires, de marcoule a chinon' made between 1954 and 1956, and presented by Le Commissariat - l'Energie Atomique et Electricite de France. Construction of A1,...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : US Starbucks workers score union breakthrough
Workers at two Starbucks cafes in Buffalo, New York have voted to establish a union, a first for the coffee chain's company-owned shops in the United States (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bridgeman Arts
Sewage treatment factories. Paris, 1950s
Clip 5 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). Scenes of sewage treatment plants in Saint-Maur and Ivry. Pools of water and illustrations of bacterial flora. Water filtering and workers working at the...
Bridgeman Arts
Sahara, Algeria, 1954 - Workers in the farms, women washing clothes and weaving
Clip 3 from the 1954 film 'Les Deux Visages Du Sahara', a short propaganda film exploring the French government's contribution to Algeria during colonization. In this clip, scenes of workers on the irrigated farms. Ploughs and tractors....
Bridgeman Arts
Sahara, Algeria, 1954 - Desert scenes and Bedouin settlements in the Sahara
Clip 1 from the 1954 film 'Les Deux Visages Du Sahara', a short propaganda film exploring the French government's contribution to Algeria during colonization. In this clip, shots of the Sahara desert and caravans of camels. Bedouin...
Curated Video
EUROPE: FIFA DISCUSS TRANSFER FEES FOR SOCCER PLAYERS
English/Nat
The practice of charging enormous transfer fees for football players moving from club to club in Europe might be scrapped soon - if the European Commission has its way.
Football's international governing body, FIFA, meet in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
International Hobo Convention in Chicago
Title card: 'World Hoboes Meet! Chicago - Tramp, tramp, tramp to Windy City! First conclave to discuss their problems opened by 'King' Jack Macbeth' / Macbeth speaking at podium to convention audience / CU convention delegate from France...
Bloomberg
May Be Good Time for Foreign Buyers in Thailand, Says Sansiri CEO
Aug.29 -- Apichart Chutrakul, chief executive officer at Sansiri, discusses Thailand’s property sector, his outlook for the next three years, foreign buyers, how the weaker yuan is impacting business and his biggest worry for the...
Bridgeman Arts
Factories and aqueducts. Paris, 1950s
Clip 4 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). Scenes of factories and water mills. Aqueducts in La Vanne, on the outskirts of Paris. Sterilization plants.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Biden 'glad' to see Amazon workers' successful union vote: W.House
President Joe Biden welcomes a vote by Amazon employees in New York to form the first US union at the online commerce giant, White House press secretary tells reporters (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bridgeman Arts
Chinon Nuclear Power Plant in Indre-et-Loire, France, 1959, part 3
Clip 4 from the nuclear power documentary 'La voie Francaise des centrales nucleaires, de marcoule a chinon' made between 1954 and 1956, and presented by Le Commissariat - l'Energie Atomique et Electricite de France. Construction of A1,...
Bridgeman Arts
Sweden 1970s - Workers' rights, allowances and trade unions
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes of workers in factories and offices as the voice-over explains the typical Swedish working week, holiday allowance and trade unions.
Bridgeman Arts
Sewers and offices. Paris, 1950s
Clip 7 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). Underground sewers of Paris. Workers in treatment plants. An office worker talks to an operator on the telephone, with a view of the Eiffel Tower from his...
Curated Video
Energy-generating and sleep-monitoring - the latest wearable tech
LEADIN:
Energy-generating, sleep-monitoring and health-tracking, the latest wearable tech may become part of our everday life.
Once a top tech trend, wearable technology is now finding useful applications in...