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ESL Podcast 252 A Workers Strike GLOSSARY to strike to refuse to work because the workers are protesting (showing thatthey do not approve of) something* The teachers are striking because they want to get more money for the work that they do. manageme
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies during the nineteen thirties changed the face of American government. The new president and the Congress passed legislatio
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to People in America in VOA Special English. At the beginning of the twentieth century, American laborers often worked long hours for little pay. Many worked under extremely dangerous conditions. About five hundred thousand worker
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Unions have criticised Fair Work Australia's decision to increase the minimum wage by 3.4 per cent. The nation's lowest-paid workers have been given a boost of $19.40 a week. The Australian Council of Trade Unions says the increase isn't enough to ke
In U.S. politics, all eyes are on the Midwest state of Wisconsin where a budget battle rages that could have a profound impact on the power of labor unions around the country. The Republican governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, wants to curb the coll
ECONOMICS REPORT - Deep in the Heart of Texas, a Labor Union Expands By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, December 09, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Labor unions in
Labor Day 美国庆祝劳动节 On the first Monday of September every year, America pauses to honor its workers and the contributions they make to our nations strength and prosperity. 在每年九月份的第一个星期一,美国停下工作赞扬其
ECONOMICS REPORT - Savings Are a Starting Point on the Road to Riches By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, July 22, 2005 I'm Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Saving money is
By Delia Robertson A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies. Tens of thousands of civil service
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 June 2007 People stand next to their motor bikes as they await fuel to arrive during a nationwide general strike in Lagos, Nigeria, 21 Jun 2007 Nigeria's labor unions have suspended a four-day general strike after reachin
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 21 September 2007 A decision by South Africa's Congress of South African Trade Unions to endorse former deputy president Jacob Zuma to become president of the African National Congress has prompted outrage from the rul
By Nico Colombant Conakry 09 January 2008 Union leaders in Guinea have backed down from the threat of a general strike, after reaching an agreement with the government and long-standing President Lansana Conte over applying previous accords. The thre
Nurses, Unions Propose Wall Street Tax National Nurses United, a 165,000 member union, is leading organized labor in the United States in a challenge to Wall Street, its practices, and what the nurses call Wall Street's sway over politicians. The nur
Leading the news. Russia has carried out airstrikes in Syria overnight. Russia claimed the strikes were against Islamic state targets, but the jets reportedly bomb targets in provinces held by groups support the Syrian President. Speaking in Moscow,
script: Unions in China, they are way different than they are here in the US, many fact. In fact, things they are more about controlling Chinese workers rather than helping them. US labor leaders though, we learn, working with Beijing just the same.
Business as usual or the biggest walk out in decades, it all depends whether a deal can be done over the public sector pensions row, that's been going on for months. With the threat of strike action on November the 30th, now imminent, the government
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 June 2007 A general strike has brought much of Nigeria to a standstill and paralyzed economic activity for a second day. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports on worries about the economic impact of the shutdown. Peo
Labor leaders in Guinea are threatening to stage a year-long strike if the military government does not resolve the country's political crisis. There is still no official word on the health of Guinea's military leader, more than one month after he wa
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