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Earlier this month, employees at an Amazon warehouse in New York formed the company’s first official trade union in the US. This news hit headlines around the world, with activists, journalists, and business leaders all describing it as a significant event! But why? What is a trade union? What do unions do? Why did Amazon employees decide to form a union? And why did Amazon try so hard to stop them? Let’s talk about it on today’s episode of Thinking in English!

TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/04/20/148-what-is-a-trade-union-english-vocabulary-lesson/

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Vocabulary List

Private sector (n) - businesses and industries that are not owned or controlled by the government

60 percent of recent graduates are employed in the private sector

Public Sector (n) - businesses and industries that are owned or controlled by the government

Most doctors work in the public sector

To unionise (v) - to organise workers to become members of a trade union

They are about to try to unionise workers at major supermarkets

Interest (n) - something that brings advantages to or affects someone or something

A union looks after the interests of its members

working conditions (n) - the environment in which someone works, including cleanliness, equipment, breaks, overtime pay, etc

That company is infamous for terrible working conditions

on behalf of (phrase) - in the interests of (person, group, etc); as a representative of

I attended a meeting on behalf of my friends

Negotiate (v) - to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them

I managed to negotiate a pay increase with my boss

profit margin (n) - the difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for

Many small companies operate on narrow profit margins

Contagious (adj) - if something is contagious it spreads quickly among people

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