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CH92: Economic activity Flashcards

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le patronat

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employers

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le patron

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the boss

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un syndicat -> le syndicalisme -> un syndicaliste

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a (trade) union -> unionism -> unionist

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un responsable syndical

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a union official/leader

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représenter -> la représentation

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to represent -> representation

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préserver les droits -> la sauvegarde,garantie

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to protect rights -> protection

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défendre -> la défense

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to defend ; defence ou defense

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soutenir -> l’appui, le soutien

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to support ; support

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un grief/une doléance

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a grievance

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réclamer,revendiquer -> une revendication

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to claim -> a claim

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exiger -> une revendication

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to demand -> a demand

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contester ; un conflit

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to dispute ; a dispute

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cesser ; un débrayage

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to stop ; a stoppage

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cesser le travail ; une grève surprise

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to walk out ; a walkout

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une grève -> un gréviste

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a strike -> a striker

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une grève sur le tas

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a sit-down strike

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une grève sauvage

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a wildcat / an unofficial strike

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une grève du zèle

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a work-to-rule strike

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une grève de solidarité

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a sympathy strike

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une grève de la faim

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a hunger strike

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une grève surprise

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a lightning strike

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une grève tournante

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a rolling strike

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une grève illimitée

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an indefinite strike

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gêner -> un désagrément

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to inconvenience -> an inconvenience

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perturber -> perturbation

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to disrupt -> disruption

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paralyser

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to cripple

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briser —> un briseur de grève

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to break -> a strikebreaker

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un «jaune»

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a scab / a blackleg

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négocier ; les tractations

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to bargain ; bargaining

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négocier ; une négociation

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to negotiate ; a negotiation

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proposer ; une proposition

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to offer ; an offer

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se mettre d’accord s qq chose ; un accord

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to agree on sth ; an agreement

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ne pas ê d’accord avec ; un désaccord

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to disagree with ; a disagreement

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rejeter ; le refus, le rejet

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to reject ; a rejection

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une épreuve de force

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a showdown

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une date limite

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a deadline

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une impasse

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a deadlock / a stalemate

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céder

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to yield

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accorder

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to grant

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accepter qq chose ≠ régler qch -> le règlement

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to settle for stg ≠ to settle sth -> the settlement

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mettre fin à

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to end

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reprendre le travail

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to resume work

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migrer -> un travailleur itinérant/saisonnier -> la migration

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to migrate -> a migrant -> migration

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saisonnier

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seasonal

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faire le trajet domicile-travail -> un travailleur de banlieue -> les migrations quotidiennes

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to commute -> a commuter -> commuting

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travailler à distance ; le télétravail -> un télétravailleur

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to telecommute, to telework -> telecommuting, teleworking, e-working -> a teleworker, a telecommuter

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le travail à domicile -> un travailleur à domicile

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homeworking -> a homeworker

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le partage de l’espace de travail

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co-working

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une tache ; le travail multitâche -> un travailleur multitâche

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a task ; multitasking -> a multitasker

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des horaires à la carte

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flexitime / flextime

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gagner du temps -> qui fait gagner du temps

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to save time -> time-saving

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un congé sabbatique

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a sabbatical

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la production participative

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crowdsourcing

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le comité

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the works council / committee

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les ouvriers de base

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the shop floor

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le droit du travail

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labour laws

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une revendication salariale

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a wage claim / a wage demand

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une augmentation de salaire

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a pay rise / a wage increase

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une réduction du temps de travail

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a shorter working week

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la sécurité de l’emploi

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job security

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le pouvoir d’achat

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purchasing, spending power

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un conflit social

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an industrial dispute / a labor dispute

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mener des négociations

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to carry out negotiations

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quitter la table des négociations

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to break off negotiations

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fixer une date limite

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to set a deadline

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aboutir à une impasse

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to reach a deadlock

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ê en désaccord avec

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to be at loggerheads with

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lancer un appel à la grève

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to call a strike

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déposer un préavis de grève

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to give notice of strike action

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le droit de grève

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the right to strike

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annuler une grève

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to call off a strike

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un ordre de grève

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a strike call

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forcer un piquet de grève

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to cross the picket line

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la table des négociations

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the bargaining table

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parvenir à un accord

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to reach an agreement

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satisfaire les revendications

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to meet demands

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un accord salarial

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a pay settlement

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une pause dans la carrière

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a career break

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l’équilibre entre le travail et la vie privée

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work-life balance

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