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He is now appealing to China's Supreme Court, hoping to
set a legal precedent and ensure that China's rudimentary labor
laws apply to railway workers too. "I am disappointed but I am not
giving up," he says.
(From Monitor world)

Assignments
1. Learn the glossary.
bureau – an office or organization that provides
information on a particular subject/
lawsuit – a claim or complaint against smb. that a
person or an organization can make in a court of
law/
the proletariat – the class of ordinary people who
earn money by working, especially those who do
not own property.
congress – a large formal meeting or series of
meetings where representatives from different
groups discuss ideas, make decisions, etc.
overtime – time that you spend working at your job
after you have worked the normal hours.
layoff – an act of making people unemployed
because there is no more work left for them to do.
ministry – a government department that has a
particular area of responsibility.
legal-aid – money that is given by the government
or another organization to smb. who needs help to
pay for legal advice or a lawyer.

2. Scan the text and give the gist of the article.

3. Reproduce the situation in which the following is used. Translate
into Ukrainian
Co-worker

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