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Le pouvoir des syndicats - Vocab French to English

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Pouvoir des syndicats French to English 1

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Key topic words

  • l'adhérent(e) - member
  • l’affilié - member
  • l'appel à la grève - call to strike
  • la convention collective - collective bargaining agreement
  • le / la délégué(e) - representative
  • la fonction publique - civil service
  • impôt - tax
  • la rémunération - pay
  • le syndicat - trade union
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Nouns

  • l'accord - agreement
  • l'acharnement - doggedness, tenacity
  • l’assurance - insurance
  • aubaine - godsend
  • l’avancée - progress, advance
  • la compagnie ferroviaire - railway company
  • le congé - leave, holiday
  • le / la gestionnaire - administrator
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Nouns (continued)

  • la cotisation - subscription, contribution
  • le désaccord - disagreement
  • le / la dirigeant(e) - manager, director
  • la disposition - provision
  • le dossier - case
  • le droit - right
  • l’échappatoire - way out, loophole
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Nouns (continued)

  • l’échéance - completion date, expiry
  • l’élaboration - development
  • l’entreprise - business, company
  • la fermeture - closure
  • la formation - training
  • l'interlocuteur(trice) - representative, spokesperson
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Verbs

  • adhérer à - to become a member of
  • s’affaiblir - to decline, weaken
  • assister à - to attend
  • bafouer - to flout
  • bâtir - to build, construct
  • convoquer - to summon
  • élire - to elect
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Verbs (continued)

  • cracher sur - to turn one's nose up at
  • défendre - to defend
  • embaucher - to take on, hire
  • encarter - to recruit
  • gêner - bother
  • gérer - to manage, deal with.
  • licencier - to dismiss

Pouvoir des syndicats French to English 2

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Nouns

  • la grille de salaire - pay scale
  • l’impact - impact
  • la main d’oeuvre - workforce
  • la mesurette - small measure
  • le niveau - level
  • l’oeuvre - work
  • le paritarisme - equal representation
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Nouns (continued)

  • le patron - boss
  • poids - weight
  • le porte-parole - spokesperson
  • le poste - position (employment)
  • les prud’hommes - industrial tribunal
  • le rapport - relationship
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Nouns (continued)

  • le renouvellement - renewal
  • les représailles - reprisals
  • la reprise du travail - resumption of work
  • la retraite - retirement
  • la réunion - meeting
  • le secours - assistance
  • le taux - rate
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Verbs

  • pleurnicher - to whinge
  • se poursuivre - to go on, continue
  • proposer - to offer
  • reconduire - to renew
  • reprendre le travail - to go back to work
  • suspendre le travail - to stop work
  • verser - to pay in
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Adjectives

  • dévoyé(e) - led astray
  • à durée indéterminée - permanent, open-ended
  • important - considerable

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11.5Conditional Tense

11.6Future Perfect Tense

11.7Conditional Perfect Tense

11.8Pluperfect Tense

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