Unit 7 – Labour RelationsUnit 8 - Production

Business English 2Week 6

Professor Hayashi

Today’s Class

• Attendance/Homework Check• Review Presentation• Vocabulary• Industrial RelationsBREAK• Vocabulary• Role Play

Vocabulary• In partners, do exercise 1b on

page 47ANSWERS1.D2.C3.B4.F5.A6.E

Industrial Relations• In groups of 4, do exercise 2b and 2c on page

50-51• Work together and love each other • CGT – General Confederation of Labour

Industrial Relations

1. Bad communications; an adversarial (management vs. workers) attitude; a lack of consultation; and unions defending uneconomic working practices.

2. Working conditions of many people getting much worse; the creation of many unskilled, casual part-time jobs done by non-unionized workers.

3. If workers are not represented by a union, there is no one representing the workers for management to negotiate with before or during a dispute.

Industrial Relations

Vocabulary• In partners, do exercise 1b on page

53ANSWERS1. subcontractor2. component3. outsourcing or contracting out4. capacity5. plant6. location7. inventory8. lead time

Vocabulary

Role PlayTake a look at page 57, exercise 2cGet in groups of 7You will read the role cards and act out the role playDon’t forget to HAVE FUN with it! Role plays are

supposed to be silly!

Homework

Do exercise 1d on page 55