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Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Colombo, Sep 22 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka's health workers staged a protest Wednesday demanding proper facilities and protective equipment needed for Covid -19 related works, additional allowance for overtime work, and special Covid -19 allowance. The trade union action was carried out in most government hospitals throughout the country, according to the relevant trade unions. With the third wave of the pandemic hitting Sri Lanka, health workers too have engaged in a series of protests and demonstrations advancing their demands while the government has not positively responded to their claims. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS HOLDING PLACARDS STAGE A PROTEST DEMANDING SOLUTIONS TO SEVERAL OF THEIR WORK-RELATED ISSUES, OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jun 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) .- Health workers carried out a strike on Thursday in front of the Colombo National Hospital to demand job improvements and prioritization of vaccination against Covid-19 to health personnel.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ORGANIZED IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Mexico City, May 1 (EFE).- The countries of Latin America commemorated International Labor Day on Saturday with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic but with firm claims of a speedy economic recovery. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Latin America in March 2020, the region has lowered its gross domestic product to 2010 levels, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.Some 200 sex workers marched in Mexico City to demand an end to the violence and extortion that they suffer, as well as to demand their right to work. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL ANDRANDE). SHOT LIST: MAY DAY PROTESTS IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Quezon City, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Protesters gathered Thursday outside the National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City to demand the release of relief funds for health workers serving amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Protesters claim that hospital administration has yet to release some 82-million pesos (1.4 million euros) worth of financial aid that is supposed to cover meal, transportation and living accommodation allowance for healthcare frontline workers. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA)SHOT LIST: RALLY OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES.