Английский язык для экономистов - Малюга Е.Н.
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5. We are looking to you to strengthen our efforts by providing a first rate national and international policy research and advisory service to Director General.
6. Due to the nature of the work, the successful applicant will be required to complete security clearance.
7. The Institute of Management and Computer Sciences is searching for an outstanding individual possessing a doctoral degree in management sciences area to head its management sciences stream.
8. He/she would be expected to provide leadership to build the Institute's management sciences track into a leading business program in Pakistan. 22
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9. The institute is being planned to be elevated to the status of a university. 10. Following assessment of the Expressions of Interest, the Shell company will invite short-listed applicants to submit full technical and commercial proposals.
Verb + object + infinitive Verb in the Passive + infinitive
G* Speak up
G.l. Answer the following questions.
1. Are labor relations good or bad in your country? Why?
2. Do you consider that the unions in your country can influence the decisions made by the management? Why?
G.2. Discussion topics.
1. To what extent in your opinion should unions be consulted before
л management makes decisions about manufacturing new products,
changing working hours, hiring new staff?
2. Comment on the following: the decline of unionism in recent decades has been attributed to a) changes in the structures of the economy and labor force and b) growing managerial opposition to unions.
H. Reading the English newspaper
H.l. Read the article and do the exercises.
United Talks Break off
Chns Isidore
Airline mechanics seek mediation halt; 30-day strike countdown could start.
New York — United Airlines and the union representing its 15,000 mechanics are both poised to ask federal officials to declare an impasse in negotiations between the two sides, a move that could start the clock ticking towards a strike, although the airline said it is confident there won't be any disruption of service on account of the move.
The airline and the International Association of Machinists concluded four days of talks Friday mediated by the National Mediation Board, which Unit 1. Labour Relations
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oversees labor relations in the airline industry without a new labor agreement.
United, the main unit of UAL Corp., issued a statement Friday saying it was asking the NMB to release the two sides from mediation. The union had already requested that the NMB declare a 30-day cooling off period which under airline labor law must precede a strike.
Shares of UAL, the world's second largest airline holding company, gained $ 1.37 to $ 34.49 in trading Friday.
The NMB issued a statement Friday saying that it would meet with the two sides separately during the week about a possible offer of binding arbitration, the step that must be taken before declaring a 30-day cooling off period. But unless both sides agree to binding arbitration, which rarely happens, the clock then starts ticking towards a possible strike a month later.
President Can Block Strike
At the end of the cooling off period President Bush can delay a strike for up to 60 more days through appointment of a Presidential Emergency Board to weigh the various offers from the two sides. Such a move is seen generally as benefiting management.
Bush named such a board in talks between Northwest Airlines and a separate mechanics union earlier in March, and he threatened to do so in labor talks at other major airlines since that time.
United's statement said it does not foresee any disruption in its service to customers as a result of Friday's developments, suggesting that it is counting on the president to come to management's rescue once again.
Joe Tiberi, spokesman for the IAM, said that the union would be opposed to any PEB in this case, and that it was confident that an agreement could be reached during the cooling off period.
"Historically those final 30 days when everyone's back is against the wall is when most productive negotiations take place," he said. "That's why we've been pushing for that since November."
Talks were delayed while the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Organization, an independent union that represents mechanics at Northwest, sought to win representation at United as well. The NMB rejected its petition to have a vote there earlier this summer.
H.2. Answer the following questions.
I. What moves show that a strike is possible?
2. Why did the union request a 30-day cooling off period?
3. How can President Bush delay a strike?
4. When do most productive negotiations take place? 24
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Н.З. Match up the words and definitions and translate them into Russian:
1) to mediate; a) to prevent a situation, event, system, etc. from working
in the normal way;
2) binding; b) a period of time usually between 10 and 20 days, in
