TRADE UNIONS & SOCIAL WELFARE

child benefit

kindergeld

a Trade Union

Vakbond

The Social welfare

Welzijnszorg

to contribute

bijdragen

a contribution

bijdrage

early retirement

brugpensioen

a general practitioner

huisarts (Commonly called “GP”)

a go-slow action

langzaamaanactie

a lock out

lock-out (= situation when a company does not allow workers to go back to work, especially in a factory, until they accept the employers’ conditions)

an official strike

erkende staking

an old age pension

pensioen

a pension fund

pensioenfonds

a shop steward

vakbondsafgevaardigde

a sick-pay scheme

ziekteverzekering

a social worker

maatschappelijk werker

strike pay

stakingsgeld

unemployed

werkloos

unemployment

werkloosheid

an unemployment benefit

werkloosheidsuitkering

an unemployment rate

werkloosheidspercentage (e.g.: This report tells us that the poorest regions have an unemployment rate of 23 %.)

unemployment figures

werkloosheidscijfers, werkloosheidstatistieken (e.g.: The latest unemployment figures show a high level of unemployment around Blackpool.)

union dues

vakbondsbijdrage (Always plural)

a wage claim

looneis

a walk out

werkonderbreking

a welfare state

verzorgingsstaat (= when the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the social and economic well-being of its citizens)

a wildcat strike at

wilde staking bij (e.g. : Thursday was the fourth day of the wildcat strike at JeffBoat.)

a work-to-rule action

stiptheidsactie