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salaire de misère

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starvation wages

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repousser les retraites (2)

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to put off retirement

to postpone retirement

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reporter qc

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to adjourn sg

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travailleur (adjectif) (2)

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industrious

hard-working

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la présence physique au bureau

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presenteeism

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se plonger dans son travail

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to burry oneself in one’s work

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être licencié de manière générale

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to be dismissed from a job

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être victime d’un licenciement éco

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to be laid off

to be made redundant

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être renvoyé

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to get the sack

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un licenciement

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a dismissal

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un licenciement économique (2)

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a lay-off

a redundancy

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chercher un job

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to look for a job

to seek a job

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démissionner (3)

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to resign from a post
to quit a job
to step down

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un CV (UK-US)

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a CV (UK) = a résumé (USA)

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une lettre de motivation

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a cover letter

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un poste

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a position

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sélectionner employés (2)

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to screen / select potential employees

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être embauché (2)

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to be taken on

to be hired

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précarité de l’emploi

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job insecurity

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des postes à responsabilité (2)

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top jobs

responsible jobs/positions

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occuper un poste

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to hold a position

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cadre supérieur / moyen

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a senior/ junior executive

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conseiller en orientation

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a career advisor

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travailler en sous effectif / surplus

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to be understaffed ≠ overmanned

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avoir de la demande
to meet demand
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avoir des horaires flexibles
to work flexitime
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la sous-traitance ou la délocalisation
outsourcing
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sous-traiter (2)
to outsource | subcontract stg to sb
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délocaliser qc à
to offshore stg to
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(travailler en) intérimaire
temping temporing work (to temp)
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avoir recours au travail au noir
to resort to moonlighting
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faire la navette
to commute
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faire des heures supplémentaires
to work overtime
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une augmentation / une prime (3)
a pay rise a pay hike a bonus
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le syndicat
the (trade) union
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un syndicaliste
a trade unionist
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un conflit social
a dispute
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les conflits salariaux
the wages dispute
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toucher le chômage (2)
to be on the dole | to be on welfare
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être sans-emploi
to be jobless
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la reduction du temps de travail
shorter working hours
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les risques du métier (2)
job hazards | occupational hazards
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être paresseux (2)
to be work-shy | to be lazy
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un assisté, un profiteur (2)
a welfare scrounger | a freeloader
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Une période d’essai
a trial period
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une offre d’emploi (3)
a job offer / vacancy / opportunity
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la main d'oeuvre (2)
manpower | workforce
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allocation chomage
unemployment benefit
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être en congé maladie
to be on sick leave
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un fonctionnaire (2)
a state employee | a civil servant
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la responsabilité sociale des entreprise
CSR = corporate social responsibility
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Théorie du ruissellement
the trickle down effect / theory
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capitalisme éclairé
enlightened capitalism
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l’éthique d’entreprise
business ethics
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délocalisation (vers)
relocation (to)
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manifester
to demonstrate
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se mettre aux drogues/ à boire
to take to drugs / drinking
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descendre dans la rue
to take to the streets
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coupe budgétaire
budget cut
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rassembler/ mobiliser
to rally
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une dizaine
about ten
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une manifestation dans la rue
a street protest
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afficher (3)
to put up to stick up to post up
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distribuer les cartes
to deal
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distribuer (tracts…) (2)
to give out | to hand out
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vivre des prestations sociales (2)
to live on handouts / welfare
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prospectus
a leaflet
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un livret
a booklet
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un tract / un polycopié
a handout
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tract (pub)
a flyer
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militer pour (3)
to campaign for to fight for to stand up for
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faire pression avec faveur de
to lobby in favor of
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le collectif (3)
the mouvement the group the organization
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être inquiet de (2)
to be concerned about / worried about
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l’endettement
the indebtedness
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dette publique/ étudiante
student / public debt
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défiler (manifestation)
to march
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un panneau
a sign (road sign)
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une pancarte
a placard
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du carton 

ø cardboard (a piece of cardboard)
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faire remarquer que
to point out
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indiquant
reading
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se mettre / etre en grève
to go / be on strike
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s'implanter à l'étranger
to settle abroad
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la concurrence acharnée / déloyale
fierce / unfair competition

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