(29 Sep 2010)
1. Wide exterior of European Union (EU) building in Athens
2. Close-up of EU and Greek flags
3. Police with shields and police bus blocking street
4. Wide of union representatives outside EU building
5. Pan of union representatives
6. Close-up of petition
7. Aris Peroulakis, acting head of the representation of the European Commission in Greece, left, receiving petition from Vangelis Bouzoulas, General Secretary of the Greek General Confederation of Labour
8. Tilt up from petition to Peroulakis
9. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Vangelis Bouzoulas, General Secretary of the Greek General Confederation of Labour:
"The people of Europe are protesting against high prices, against increased unemployment, against anti-social rights that the European leaders are imposing. We are asking for better days, for greater work, better times to come for workers, for pensioners for the unemployed, for all social classes."
10. Wide of hospital entrance
11. Mid of hospital sign flashing that it is not on duty
12. Wide exterior of hospital
13. Sign identifying hospital
14. Wide exterior of another hospital
15. Scroll sign identifying hospital
16. Wide of hospital
17. Wide top shot of hospitals
STORYLINE:
Greek worker's unions delivered a petition to the European Union (EU) offices in Athens early on Wednesday as part of the Europe-wide protests against austerity measures.
Public transport workers were to walk off the job in a series of work stoppages on Wednesday, with buses, trams, the Athens metro and national railway all halting services for several hours.
Hospital doctors were to hold a one-day strike, while unions were planning demonstrations in Athens in the evening.
Greece's government has imposed stringent austerity measures in an attempt to pull the country out of its debt crisis, including cutting civil servants' salaries, trimming pensions and hiking consumer and income taxes.
In return for a 110 (b) billion euro (147.5 (b) billion US dollar) package of rescue loans from European countries and the International Monetary Fund over the next three years, Athens undertook painful austerity measures intended to bring the budget deficit within EU constraints by 2014.
The cutbacks have angered unions and sparked a series of strikes and protests.
"We are asking for better days, for greater work, better times to come for workers, for pensioners for the unemployed, for all social classes," Vangelis Bouzoulas, the General Secretary of the Greek General Confederation of Labour said.

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