Protest rally by striking workers, eggs thrown at social welfare building

Описание: (2 Apr 2009)
1. Wide top shot of rally
2. Protesters at rally holding banners
3. Protestors behind barrier holding banners
4. Protesters standing on street
5. Protest banner reading (Greek): "Greeks and immigrants, united workers"
6. Speaker addressing rally ahead of protest
7. Wide top shot of protesters
8. Top shot of protesters standing in front of banner
9. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Costas Bikas, civil engineer:
"Today's strike is against extremely rigorous policies the government has imposed. They have frozen public servants' salaries while they give banks (b) billions and (b) billions."
10. Establishing shot of protester who speaks in following soundbite
11. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Vox pop, protester (Name not given, has come from the northern Greek city of Naoussa to participate in demonstration, working in textile industry - answering question on whether there is different way to achieve change)
"Only strikes, nothing else, and rallies. No one is listening, no one is paying any attention anymore. This government is no longer interested at all."
12. Wide of demonstrators holding banner which reads (Greek): "Return what's stolen, let those who gambled with the stock market account for it"
13. Various of protesters holding banner
14. Close up of demonstrator holding eggs
15. Protesters throwing eggs at government social welfare building
16. Wide of eggs hitting social welfare building
17. Mid of demonstrators, one holding banner with picture of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and red line through it
18. Wide of protesters marching through street
19. Demonstrators marching with banners
20. Ground shot of demonstrators holding up banner reading (Greek): "We didn't create the crisis. We will not pay for the crisis."
21. Riot police guarding parliament
22. Wide pan from riot police in front of parliament to protesters
23. Various of protest rally with police tape blocking road in foreground
STORYLINE:
Greek public services closed down and transport was disrupted across the country on Thursday as thousands of workers went on strike to protest government spending cuts.
Up to 10-thousand people marched peacefully through central Athens, holding banners and waving placards.
One of the many protest banners read: "We didn't create the crisis. We will not pay for the crisis."
The country's two biggest umbrella unions representing the private and public sectors, the GSEE (General Confederation of Greek Workers) and ADEDY (Civil Servants Supreme Administrative Council), planned a separate rally and march to parliament later in the day.
The nationwide general strike, called by the unions, shut down all government offices and state schools, while state hospitals functioned with emergency staff.
Air traffic controllers started a three-hour work stoppage at noon (0900 GMT, 5 a.m. EDT), halting all flights to and from Greek airports.
The country's largest airline, Olympic Airways, said it was cancelling 140 flights.
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' conservative government this month announced a salary freeze for many civil servants and a one-off tax increase on higher-income earners.
The move angered unions, which said high-earning businesses should shoulder the burden.
They also oppose a government decision to let struggling businesses relax labour rules.
One protester told AP Television that strikes and rallies remained the only way to bring about change strikes because the "government is no longer interested".
Some demonstrators vented their anger by throwing eggs at a government social welfare building.

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