Le pouvoir des syndicats - Vocab French to English
French: AQA A Level, topic 9.1.1
Pouvoir des syndicats French to English 1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
Nouns (continued)
- le patron - boss
- poids - weight
- le porte-parole - spokesperson
- le poste - position (employment)
- les prud’hommes - industrial tribunal
- le rapport - relationship
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
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
Adjectives
- dévoyé(e) - led astray
- à durée indéterminée - permanent, open-ended
- important - considerable
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