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Unit 13 Lesson 5
Rights of the wage-earner
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• discussed an illustration and written a caption for it
• read some passages on the condition of workers
• answered questions based on the passages
• written a paragraph with the help of a flow chart
A Look at the following picture. Discuss the questions in pairs.
1 What aspect of society is the picture drawing our attention to?
2 Do you think this is a common scene in Bangladesh?
3 Write an appropriate caption for the picture.
B Read these texts about the plight of some wage-earners. Then answer the questions that follow.
1 Newspapers in Bangladesh have constantly drawn our attention to the insufficient safety measures provided by most garments factories. They lack adequate space, wide staircases and emergency exits. In addition most of the garments workers do not have any training on fire safety. At least 104 garments employees were killed in fire related incidents in garments factories in the last ten years,
2 Researchers have proved that the average life span of a rickshaw-puller is five years less than any other type of labourer. Diseases like bronchitis, asthma, thrombosis and rheumatoid arthritis are very prevalent among the rickshaw-pullers. Not only is their physical labour daunting but a rickshaw-puller has to endure a lot of physical abuse on the roads.
3 Tannery labourers are the worst victims of the gases produced in the factories. Most of them are exposed to these poisonous gases constantly as they live in adjacent slums. The labourers do not wear protective gloves, aprons, masks or boots. As a result, they are badly affected by gases and other chemicals. Consequently most of them suffer from chronic coughs and headaches.
1 What are conditions in garments factories like?
2 What is the life of a rickshaw-puller like?
3 What is the health of a tannery worker like?
4 What rights are these people deprived of?
C Work in pairs, make some suggestions as to what rights they should demand from society in return for the services they render.
D Now look at the following chart. Read it carefully and then write a paragraph on the 1LO using information given in this chart.
ILO
(International Labour Organisation)
Defends basic trade union rights
Has formulated Committee on Freedom of Association
Attempts to ensure working standards worlwide
Enables workers to bargain collectively
Accepts complaints of :
Other workers
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading, writing.
Functions.
Interpreting information from illustrations and flow charts. Grammar/Structure.
What + like?
Vocabulary.
life-span, prevalent, daunting, abuse, adjacent.
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Unit 13 Lesson 5
Rights of the wage-earner
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• discussed an illustration and written a caption for it
• read some passages on the condition of workers
• answered questions based on the passages
• written a paragraph with the help of a flow chart
A Look at the following picture. Discuss the questions in pairs.
1 What aspect of society is the picture drawing our attention to?
2 Do you think this is a common scene in Bangladesh?
3 Write an appropriate caption for the picture.
B Read these texts about the plight of some wage-earners. Then answer the questions that follow.
1 Newspapers in Bangladesh have constantly drawn our attention to the insufficient safety measures provided by most garments factories. They lack adequate space, wide staircases and emergency exits. In addition most of the garments workers do not have any training on fire safety. At least 104 garments employees were killed in fire related incidents in garments factories in the last ten years,
2 Researchers have proved that the average life span of a rickshaw-puller is five years less than any other type of labourer. Diseases like bronchitis, asthma, thrombosis and rheumatoid arthritis are very prevalent among the rickshaw-pullers. Not only is their physical labour daunting but a rickshaw-puller has to endure a lot of physical abuse on the roads.
3 Tannery labourers are the worst victims of the gases produced in the factories. Most of them are exposed to these poisonous gases constantly as they live in adjacent slums. The labourers do not wear protective gloves, aprons, masks or boots. As a result, they are badly affected by gases and other chemicals. Consequently most of them suffer from chronic coughs and headaches.
1 What are conditions in garments factories like?
2 What is the life of a rickshaw-puller like?
3 What is the health of a tannery worker like?
4 What rights are these people deprived of?
C Work in pairs, make some suggestions as to what rights they should demand from society in return for the services they render.
D Now look at the following chart. Read it carefully and then write a paragraph on the 1LO using information given in this chart.
ILO
(International Labour Organisation)
Defends basic trade union rights
Has formulated Committee on Freedom of Association
Attempts to ensure working standards worlwide
Enables workers to bargain collectively
Accepts complaints of :
Other workers
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading, writing.
Functions.
Interpreting information from illustrations and flow charts. Grammar/Structure.
What + like?
Vocabulary.
life-span, prevalent, daunting, abuse, adjacent.