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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
READING II
Concept check
1. Answer the following questions:
1) Why did labour unions appear?
2) What is a labour union and what are its purposes?
3) What types of unions there exist?
4) How do labour unions help working people?
5) What are the reasons to join labour unions?
6) How do you explain the recent decrease in total union membership?
7) What changes can be observed in developing and advanced countries in labour union movement?
8) Why do some businessmen and politicians regret the weakness of unions?
9) What trends are predicted in labour union movement?
2. Find and analyse information about labour union movement in perspective.
Match the words with their definitions. Translate them into Russian.
| 1) collective bargaining | a) actions taken by unions in an attempt to influence management to adopt the union viewpoint in a collective bargaining situation |
| 2) preparation | b) a temporary stoppage of work by employees which lasts until management accepts union demands |
| 3) labour tactics | c) a labour tactic generally used in conjunction with a strike, involving positioning one or more union members at the entrance of a struck workplace to stop or make difficult any entry to the workplace |
| 4) tentative agreement | d) actions taken by management in an attempt to influence unions to adopt the management viewpoint in a collective bargaining situation |
| 5) strike | e) the step of collective bargaining when both union and management negotiators formulate their demands and concessions |
| 6) picketing | f) a refusal by management to allow workers to work by keeping them out of the workplace |
| 7) boycotting | g) a court order prohibiting or requiring action on the part of someone |
| 8) management tactics | h) the process by which employees, through the union or association representing them, negotiate a labour agreement with their employer |
| 9) lockout | i) an organization formed by employers to help neutralize the influence of unions |
| 10) injunction | j) a labour tactic wherein union members refuse to purchase products from companies that are giving a union difficult times |
| 11) association | k) the step of collective bargaining when both union and management draft a preliminary agreement or statement which describes their settlement |
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