Unions Take France Travail to Court Over Reorganization Plan
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France Travail is a French public service. It helps people find jobs. Fabrice Nourdin works there in Moselle, France.
France Travail wants to change its organization. The new plan has less hierarchy. This means fewer levels of bosses. The plan also adds more agents. Agents are workers who help people.
But unions are not happy. A union is a group that helps workers. The unions say there is not enough clear information about the plan.
Now the unions are taking action. They started a legal case against the France Travail management. Management means the bosses of a company. This is called a court case.
The unions want more clear rules. They say workers need better information. The case is about how France Travail will change in the future.
Vocabulary8 words
- organization
- a group or company; how it is arranged
- hierarchy
- the levels of bosses in a company
- agents
- workers who help other people
- unions
- groups that help and protect workers
- information
- facts that people need to know
- legal case
- a problem taken to a judge
- management
- the people who run a company
- court
- a place where judges decide problems
Quiz
Answer key
1. A French public job service 2. It lacks clear information 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
France Travail is a French public service. It helps people find _____.
France Travail wants to change its _____.
The new plan has less _____.
The plan also adds more _____.
But _____ are not happy.
The unions say there is not enough clear _____ about the plan.
They started a legal case against the France Travail _____.
This is called a _____ case.
The unions want more clear _____.