UPPIN 1 - Meeting 5 - Industrial Action

What is a term of "small raised areas that appear on the skin because of cold, fear, or excitement"?

• languish

• unions

• burnt out

• goosebumps

What does it mean to languish?

• A punishment for doing something that is against the law

• An act of leaving a place of work to start a strike

• An argument or disagreement, especially an official one between workers and employers

• To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time

After months of overtime & stress, many employees felt _____& unable to continue working at their usual pace.

• burnt out

• agony

• vacant posts

• unions

The prolonged negotiations brought nothing but ____ to both management and workers alike.

• compromised

• agony

• contingency

• unions

Representatives from various ____ gathered to discuss collective bargaining agreements and worker rights.

• compromised

• agony

• contingency

• unions

What is the main reason for the dispute in the factory?

• Pay

• Severance pay

• Ballot

• Walkout

What is the correct definition of holding the hospital ransom?

• Forcing someone to do something by putting that person in a situation where they have no choice

• An argument or disagreement, especially an official one between workers and employers

• A punishment for doing something that is against the law

• The act of leaving a place of work to start a strike

What is the reason for workers to walkout from work?

• Illegal financial inducements

• Winners and losers

• Severance pay

• Terrible conditions

Frustrated with the lack of progress, employees decided to stage a _____ in protest of unfair working conditions.

• penalties

• ballot

• Severance pay

• walkout

As tensions escalated, both sides agreed to settle the matter through a formal ____ to determine the course of action.

• penalties

• ballot

• Severance pay

• walkout