Greek workers strike against planned labor law changes

STORY: Greek workers strike against planned labor law changes DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:39 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of protest rallies 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): YANNIS ROUPAS, Member of the board of directors of Teachers' Federation in Greece 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): KATERINA MALAKOU, Pensioner 4. various of protest rallies 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): GIORGOS DRAGANAKIS, Vice President of Panhellenic Association of Contract Firefighters STORYLINE: Thousands of civil servants and private sector workers across Greece walked off their jobs on Thursday to join rallies in protest of a labor bill submitted to Parliament by the government. The public sector umbrella union ADEDY and other labor unions called for the 24-hour strike, demanding the bill's withdrawal. In their press releases, they argued that it undermines workers' basic rights. However, according to the government, it will help tackle the problem of undeclared labor and will allow workers to increase their incom

CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a bronzeware part that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incom

CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a bronzeware part that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incom