Colegio Lyon’s School, Talca

Inglés Medio
Teacher Marcelo Peñaloza

WORKSHEET 4 “LABOR RIGHTS”

International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day or Workers' Day in some
countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working
classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year
on May Day (1 May), an ancient European spring festival.
The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political
parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886.
The 1904 Sixth Conference of the Second International, called on "all Social Democratic
Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First
of May for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat,
and for universal peace."
The first of May is a national public holiday in many countries worldwide, in most cases as
"Labour Day", "International Workers' Day" or some similar name – although some countries
celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which
celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday of September.
Lea el texto para responder las siguientes preguntas.

a. ____ May day is the name of an
ancient spring festival in Europe.
b. ____ “Haymarket affair” occurred
in England on 1886.
c. ____ Eight - hour day is a
international legal establishment, for
workers around the world.
d. ____ All the countries celebrate this
commemoration on May 1st.
e. ____ May Day, Labour Day and
International Workers’ Day is the
same celebration.

2. Usando el vocabulario visto en clases, elabore oraciones utilizando dicho

vocabulario. (OJO: no se piden definiciones)
a. Maternity Leave:
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b. Employer:
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c. Strike:
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 Colegio Lyon’s School, Talca
Inglés Medio
Teacher Marcelo Peñaloza

d. waive:
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e. Wage:
_________________________________________________________________________
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f. employee:
_________________________________________________________________________
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3.- HOMEWORK. Cómo tarea para la casa, averiguar de que se trata el “Haymarket
Affair” mencionado en el texto. Tarea pendiente para la semana siguiente
(06/05/2019).