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Okie Dokie Artichokie. Let’s talk about
a holiday. Hey everybody, welcome back to
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weekly words. My name is Alisha and today,
we are going to talk about a holiday.
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Today’s holiday is Labor Day.
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Labor Day, Labor is another word for work.
It’s a work appreciation day. There are
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a lot of Labor Day sales.
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Wow the next phrase is trade unions. Unions
and people and employers and people in the
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industry have agreements with union members
like regarding pay or regarding how long they
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can work or certain benefits. So for some
people belonging to union maybe can ensure
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that they had you know, certain number of
benefits. Trade unions can be very beneficial
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to workers.
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Next is minimum wage. So minimum wage refers
to the lowest legally allowable wage or the
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lowest legally allowable pay in your country
or in your state. So I believe in America,
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there is a federal minimum wage meaning all
over the country, this is the lowest that
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it can be and then I think that states as
well, individual states have a state minimum
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wage. It says the minimum wage in the US is
$7.25 per hour. It can’t be any lower than
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that legally but it might be a little bit
higher in some other states depending on their
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laws. In a sentence, working for minimum wage
can be really, really difficult.
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The next word is strike. Simply a strike is
refusing to go to work because you are unhappy
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with your current work environment. In a sentence,
the public transportation workers in my city
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are all on strike this month.
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Next word is football. Oh okay football is
on this list because Labor Day, this holiday
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is the beginning of the NFL in college football
season. I actually did not know that. I love
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watching football every autumn and winter.
It’s my favorite sport.
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So those are some words and phrases related
to Labor Day. You might have a similar holiday
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in your country. If you do, tell us about
it in the comments. We will see you again
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next time for more fun stuff. Bye.
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