day 19strikes and the factory floor
unit 3 · the manager’s deskstrikes and the factory floor
Say “now that it has come to this” with -는 마당에, and follow news about industry and labour: 파업, 협상, 가동, 설비, 생산성, 광업, 섬유.
today’s words
- 마당 madang · (-는 마당에) now that, at a time when
- 퇴임 toeim · retirement (from a post)
- 퇴진 toejin · stepping down, resignation
- 투입 tuip · putting in, deploying (people, money)
- 파견 pagyeon · dispatch, posting (abroad, to a site)
- 파업 paeop · strike, walkout
- 합동 hapdong · joint, combined
- 합류 hamnyu · joining (a team, a group)
- 해직 haejik · dismissal (from a job)
- 현직 hyeonjik · current post; serving
- 협상 hyeopsang · negotiation
- 협의 hyeobui · consultation, discussion
- 후임 huim · successor
- 휴무 hyumu · being closed (for the day), day off
- 휴직 hyujik · leave of absence (from work)
- 가동 gadong · operation, running (of machines)
- 경공업 gyeonggongeop · light industry
- 공산품 gongsanpum · manufactured goods
- 광부 gwangbu · miner
- 광업 gwangeop · mining (industry)
- 생산성 saengsanseong · productivity
- 생산자 saengsanja · producer, grower
- 설비 seolbi · facilities, equipment
- 섬유 seomyu · fibre, textiles
sentences
- 다들 힘든 마당에 혼자 쉴 수는 없다. · Now that everyone is struggling, I can’t be the only one taking a break.
- 이미 계약한 마당에 이제 와서 취소할 수는 없다. · Now that the contract is signed, we can’t cancel it at this stage.
- 근로자들이 파업에 들어가자 공장 가동이 멈췄다. · When the workers went on strike, the factory stopped running.
- 노사는 밤늦게까지 임금 협상을 벌였다. · Labour and management negotiated pay late into the night.
- 직원들은 경영진의 퇴진을 요구했다. · The staff called on the management to step down.