International Workers' Day

to refuse to work as a way of protesting about pay or working conditions

• to go on strike

• to campaign

the money you receive when you are ill and unable to go to work

• a wage

• sick pay

the money you receive when you lose your job because you are not needed any more

• redundancy pay

• a pension

support for and agreement with other people

• a trade union

• solidarity

an organisation of workers that protects workers’ rights

• a trade union

• a pension

a particular amount of money that is paid to a worker per hour, week or month

• a wage/salary

• a pension

an amount of money that is paid to a person by the government after they have reached the age when people stop working

• a pension

• a wage

to organise and work together to achieve a goal

• to go on strike

• to campaign