Professional Life

Question 1

Greves
Manif
Nego

Answer 1

Strikes
Demonstrations
Negotiations

Question 2

Etre greve

Answer 2

To be on strike

Question 3

Agitation

Answer 3

Social unrest

Question 4

Conflit social

Answer 4

Industrial or employment dispute

Question 5

En raison d un mouvement de greve

Answer 5

Due to industrial action

Question 6

Representants

Answer 6

Workers representatives

Question 7

CE

Answer 7

Workers’committee / council

Question 8

Greve de la faim

Answer 8

To go on hunger strike

Question 9

Greve sauvage

Answer 9

A wildcat strike

Question 10

Greve surprise

Answer 10

A lightning strike

Question 11

Conducteur a exerce droit retrait

Answer 11

The bus driver exercised his right to withdraw his labour

Question 12

Greve zele

Answer 12

Work-to-rule

Question 13

Greve perlee

Answer 13

Go-slow

Slowdown ( US )

Question 14

Preavis

Answer 14

Notice of strike action

Question 15

Pancarte

Answer 15

Placard

Question 16

Banderole

Answer 16

Streamer

Question 17

Revendiquer droit greve

Answer 17

To claim the right to strike

Question 18

Revendications

Answer 18

Pay claims

Question 19

Demander meilleures conditions

Answer 19

To put a claim for better working conditions

Question 20

Chant

Slogan

Answer 20

Chanting

Question 21

Faire manif

Answer 21

To hold or stage a demo

Question 22

Manif violente

Answer 22

Riot

Question 23

Manifester pr/ contre

Answer 23

To demonstrate for / against sth

Question 24

Debrayer

Answer 24

To walk out

Question 25

Reprendre

Answer 25

To resume work

Question 26

Entamer nego

Answer 26

To enter into negotiations with so

Question 27

Rompre / reprendre les nego

Answer 27

To break off / resume negotiations

Question 28

Stress Suicide Chomage Renvoi

Answer 28

Stress at work Suicide Joblessness Dismissal

Question 29

Syndicat

Answer 29

Trade union | Labor union

Question 30

Nego hausse salaire

Answer 30

To negotiate with the management for higher pay

Question 31

Partenaires

Answer 31

Unions and management

Question 32

Etre sous pression

Answer 32

To be under stress at work

Question 33

Employeurs demandent trop de L

Answer 33

Employers require / demand too much ( work ) of workers

Question 34

Certains se suicident

Answer 34

Some commit suicide at their workplace

Question 35

Victime de harcelement sex

Answer 35

To be sexually harassed

Question 36

Perdu emploi

Answer 36

To be out of work / jobless / on the dole

Question 37

Commission parfaite

Answer 37

Joint committee

Question 38

Profil

Answer 38

Job description / profile

Question 39

Licenciement

Answer 39

Lay-off / redundancy

Question 40

Licencier pr raisons eco

Answer 40

To lay off / to make so redundant

Question 41

Bloque par greve

Answer 41

Strike-bound

Question 42

Compression de perso

Answer 42

Staff cutbacks

Question 43

Effectifs agences insuffisants

Answer 43

Job centres are understaffed

Question 44

Voter a bulletin

Answer 44

To vote by ballot

Question 45

Voter a main levee

Answer 45

To vote by ( a ) show of hands

Question 46

Chomage

Answer 46

Unemployment

Question 47

Demandeurs s entendent dire trop ages

Answer 47

Jobseekers are told they are too old or overqualified

Question 48

Periodes d essay garantissent en aucune facon cdi

Answer 48

Trial or probation periods do not guarantee a fixed-term contract

Question 49

Chomage De longue duree

Answer 49

Long-term unemployment

Question 50

Faire baisser Chomage

Answer 50

To bring down / cut down unemployment.

Question 51

Taux de Chomage

Answer 51

Unemployment rate / level

Question 52

Se retrouver au Chomage

Answer 52

To be faced with unemployment

Question 53

Maitriser

Answer 53

To keep unemployment down

Question 54

Chomeurs non qualifies plus durement touches

Answer 54

Unskilled workers are the worst hit

Question 55

Voir proposer jobs sans rapport

Answer 55

To be offered jobs not at all connected with your prior experience

Question 56

Sentir delaisse

Answer 56

To feel you have lost your status / undervalued

Question 57

Precarite

Answer 57

Lack of job security

Question 58

Sentir abandonne route

Answer 58

To feel you are being left by the wayside

Question 59

Laisses-pour compte

Answer 59

To be the society's rejects

Question 60

De recycler dans info

Answer 60

To retrain as a computing expert

Question 61

Stage reorientation

Answer 61

A two-day reorientation period / session

Question 62

Refuser offre

Answer 62

To turn down a job offer

Question 63

Monde travail

Answer 63

World of work and unemployment