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21 labour court
noun (a court of law for settling disputes between management and workers.) -
22 labour dispute
noun (a disagreement between management and workers about working conditions, pay etc.) -
23 management
1) (the art of managing: The management of this company is a difficult task.) stjórnun, rekstur2) (or noun plural the managers of a firm etc as a group: The management has/have agreed to pay the workers more.) stjórn -
24 method
['meƟəd]1) (the way in which one does something: I don't like his methods of training workers.) aðferð2) (an orderly or fixed series of actions for doing something: Follow the method set down in the instruction book.) aðferð; kerfi3) (good sense and a definite plan: Her work seems to lack method.) skipulag, kerfi•- methodically -
25 migrant
noun (a person, bird or animal that migrates or has migrated: The swallow is a summer migrant to Britain; ( also adjective) migrant workers.) flökku-, farand-, far- -
26 militant
['militənt](wishing to take, or taking, strong or violent action: militant workers.) harðsnúinn, átakagjarn- militancy -
27 organise
1) (to arrange or prepare (something), usually requiring some time or effort: They organized a conference.) skipuleggja2) (to make into a society etc: He organized the workers into a trade union.) skipuleggja í samtök, virkja•- organiser
- organization
- organisation
- organized
- organised -
28 organize
1) (to arrange or prepare (something), usually requiring some time or effort: They organized a conference.) skipuleggja2) (to make into a society etc: He organized the workers into a trade union.) skipuleggja í samtök, virkja•- organiser
- organization
- organisation
- organized
- organised -
29 picket
['pikit] 1. noun1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) verkfallsvörður2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) hervörður2. verb1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) setja her-/verkfallsvörð um2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) standa verkfallsvörð við -
30 redundant
((of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work: Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory.) atvinnulaus -
31 sabotage
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32 shop floor
(the workers in a factory or workshop, as opposed to the management.) verkafólk -
33 short-handed
adjective (having fewer workers than are necessary or usual.) fáliðaður -
34 split
[split] 1. verbpresent participle splitting: past tense, past participle split)1) (to cut or (cause to) break lengthwise: to split firewood; The skirt split all the way down the back seam.) kljúfa; klofna2) (to divide or (cause to) disagree: The dispute split the workers into two opposing groups.) kljúfa2. noun(a crack or break: There was a split in one of the sides of the box.) rifa, sprunga- split second
- splitting headache
- the splits -
35 stream
[stri:m] 1. noun1) (a small river or brook: He managed to jump across the stream.) á, lækur2) (a flow of eg water, air etc: A stream of water was pouring down the gutter; A stream of people was coming out of the cinema; He got into the wrong stream of traffic and uttered a stream of curses.) straumur, flaumur, flóð3) (the current of a river etc: He was swimming against the stream.) straumur4) (in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability.) bekkur (sem raðað er í skv. námsgetu)2. verb1) (to flow: Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.) streyma; blakta2) (to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability: Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools.) raða eftir námsgetu•- streamer- streamlined -
36 strife
(conflict, fighting or quarrelling: a country torn by strife; industrial strife (= disagreement between employers and workers).) átök, ósætti -
37 strike
1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) slá; hitta; ljósta2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) gera árás3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) kveikja á4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fara í verkfall5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) finna, lenda á6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) slá (nótu)7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) það fyrsta sem ég tók eftir; koma skyndilega í hug8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) slá, móta9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) halda, leggja leið sína10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) taka niður, fella2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) verkfall2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) happ; fundur•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up -
38 supervise
(to direct, control or be in charge of (work, workers etc): She supervises the typists.) stjórna, hafa umsjón með- supervisor -
39 trade(s) union
(a group of workers of the same trade who join together to bargain with employers for fair wages, better working conditions etc.) stéttar/-verkalÿðsfélag -
40 trade(s) union
(a group of workers of the same trade who join together to bargain with employers for fair wages, better working conditions etc.) stéttar/-verkalÿðsfélag
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