Английский язык для экономистов - Малюга Е.Н.
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Hershey Workers Walk off Job
Nearly 3,000 Hershey Foods Corp. workers walked off the job Friday, saying they were upset with a company offer that would increase their health care costs.
The strike at the company's two plants in Hershey... (1) about one-fifth of the work force at the nation's largest candy maker, where negotiations between Hershev and the Chocolate Workers Local 464 ... (2) Wednesday. No new talks were scheduled.
The company said a labor ... (3) at the two Hershey production plants would not interrupt service to its customers. Hershey Foods has been building inventory and cash reserves in preparation for a ... (4), analysts said.
Even before the walkout began at 9 a.m., workers began gathering outside the factories and union officials ... (5) signs that read, "Stop the Greed, Sharethe Wealth."
"The raises they give won't cover the increases in the medical benefits," said Brian Daubert, a production worker at the West Hershey plant.
A ... (6) offered by the company but rejected earlier this month ... (7) worker health insurance payments to increase from 6 percent to 10 percent, then 12 percent over four years.
Workers, who receive an ... (8) hourly wage of about $ 18, would get raises of around 2.6 percent to 2.8 percent each year for four years. 264
Appendix A
The company offered to enter into binding ... (9) Wednesday but the union refused, both sides said.
The labor stoppage at Hershey is the fifth in the 97-year-old candy maker's history. The last strike by members of Chocolate Workers Local 464 was a three-week work stoppage in 1980,... (10) from the union said.
B. After filling in the gaps read the article once more and decide which of the statements are True and which are False and write T for True and F for False.
1. Hershey wrorkers walked off the job because the company wanted to increase their bonus pay.
2. The negotiations between the administration and unions were a failure.
3. The strike would be a hard blow to customers' service.
4. The raises are too Iowr to cover the increases in the medical benefits.
5. Both sides do not mind entering into binding arbitration.
C. Give English equivalents and make up your own sentences:
¦ забастовка, не санкционированная профсоюзом;
¦ закрытие предпринимателями одного или нескольких предприятий с тем чтобы заставить рабочих и служащих принять навязываемые им решения;
¦ предупредительная забастовка;
¦ участвовать в сидячей забастовке;
¦ естественное сокращение рабочей силы.
D. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. Where there was a closed shop agreement an employer could not hire non-union workers.
2. We feel that salaries should at least keep pace with inflation.
3. With collective bargaining the unions negotiate on behalf of groups of workers, not individuals.
4. If they work to rule the job might not be completed on time.
5. Union members were asked not to cross the picket line.
E. Render the extract from the article using the active vocabulary.
По данным профсоюза, на начало забастовки в ней участвовало 50 ООО рабочих на 20 предприятиях. Глава профсоюза IG Metall Клаус Цвикель первоначально хотел добиться повышения заработной платы для всех 3,6 млн рабочих немецкой металлургической и электронной промышленности на 6,5 %. В последний момент профсоюз дал по- Appendix A
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нять, что готов к заключению соглашения, в котором перед запятой будет стоять четверка. До сих пор работодатели предлагали 3,3 %.
Во вторник забастовка в Баден-Вюртемберге продолжится. Профсоюз хочет включить в борьбу такие предприятия, как Varta, Bosch-Siemens, Aistom, ABB и Alcan. Распространение забастовочного движения па Берлин и Бранденбург не должно произойти до начала будущей недели.
В понедельник не наблюдалось никаких симптомов скорого окончания забастовки, хотя Цвикель и подтвердил, что он готов к переговорам. Тем не менее, Ханс Вернер Буш, генеральный директор объединенного союза работодателей-металлургов, скептически относится к возможности достижения соглашения на новом раунде переговоров.
Unit 2¦ Production and Costs
A. Read the article from the CNN Money website and complete it with the expressions listed.
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include awardedbe worth suppliers
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Boeing Wins $ 4.5 b Sale
Seoul, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea ... (1) a $ 4.5 billion deal for 40 fighter jets to Boeing Friday, opting to stay with US military ... (2) despite a strong challenge from European rivals.
The latest version of Boeing's F-15 beat the Rafale from Dassault Aviation SA, though the French firm said it would ... (3) an injunction filed earlier this month seeking to overturn the decision.
uWe considered security, foreign policy and economic factors in making the decision," the Ministry of National Defence said.
The deal comes on the heels of a disappointing $ 1.25 billion first-quarter ... (4) for the world's largest planemaker and ... (5) F-15 production jobs in St Louis, Mo., which analysts said were in doubt without it.
