1. Unit 7 – Labour Relations
Unit 8 - Production
Business English 2
Week 6
Professor Hayashi

2. Today’s Class
• Attendance/Homework Check
• Review Presentation
• Vocabulary
• Industrial Relations
BREAK
• Vocabulary
• Role Play

3. Vocabulary
• In partners, do exercise 1b on
page 47
ANSWERS
1.D
2.C
3.B
4.F
5.A
6.E

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Industrial Relations

7. Vocabulary
• In partners, do exercise 1b on page
53
ANSWERS
1. subcontractor
2. component
3. outsourcing or contracting out
4. capacity
5. plant
6. location
7. inventory
8. lead time

8. Vocabulary

9. Role Play
Take a look at page 57, exercise 2c
Get in groups of 7
You will read the role cards and act out the role play
Don’t forget to HAVE FUN with it! Role plays are
supposed to be silly!

10. Homework
Do exercise 1d on page 55