UPPIN 1 - Meeting 6 - Industrial Action

What does the term 'pension' refer to?

• An official agreement that finishes an argument

• Hatred or lack of respect for something

• Money that is paid regularly to a person who has stopped working

• A series of organized activities intended to achieve a result

what is a term of "a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done"?

• a campaign

• a scapegoat

• draconian

• a contempt

What is the definition of a civil servant?

• A person employed in the public sector by a government department or agency

• An official agreement that finishes an argument

• A person who is blamed for something that someone else has done

• Money that is paid regularly to a person who has stopped working

What is the meaning of the idiom "hit the bricks"?

(a)  

What does the nurse's union say about patients' safety during the strike?

• Patients' safety will be compromised

• Patients' safety will not be compromised

• Patients' safety is not a concern

• Patients' safety is uncertain

Once again trade unions are holding the country ransom by grinding crucial public services and businesses to a halt.

The underlined word has the same meaning as....

• stop

• continuation

• start

• move

The proposed legislation was widely ______ as draconian and oppressive by labor rights advocates.

• pension

• civil servant

• settlement

• contempt

After weeks of negotiations, both parties reached a _____ that included improved benefits for employees.

• pension

• civil servant

• settlement

• contempt

The government's failure to address workers' concerns sparked a _____ of dissatisfaction among civil servants.

• pension

• swathe

• settlement

• campaign

what is their job?

(a)