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