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Joining a Union at an Aged Care Facility
Union Organiser (speaking English) and Aged Care Worker Ines (speaking Croatian) talk through “Joining a Union at an Aged Care Facility”. You interpret both ways — English into Croatian, and Croatian into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Thanks for coming in, Ines. You mentioned you're interested in joining the United Workers Union after what happened at the Bendigo facility last month — can you tell me more?
Da, prošli mjesec su mi bez upozorenja promijenili raspored smjena i izgubila sam slobodne dane koje sam već dogovorila. Željela bih znati mogu li se osloniti na sindikat ako se to ponovi.
Membership costs about ten dollars a week, deducted directly from your pay if you agree, and it covers legal advice, representation, and dispute support.
Deset dolara tjedno mi zvuči prihvatljivo, pogotovo ako to znači da ću imati pravnu pomoć ako mi opet uskrate slobodne dane koje sam ranije dogovorila.
If a dispute arises with your employer, the union can represent you at Fair Work Commission hearings and negotiate on your behalf, provided you're a financial member.
Razumijem, ali što ako trenutno nisam financijski član? Hoću li onda uopće moći podnijeti pritužbu ako se nešto dogodi već ovaj tjedan, prije nego što se učlanim?
You can sign up today through the union's website, or I can give you a paper form now — it only takes about ten minutes to complete.
U redu, popunit ću obrazac odmah, ovdje na papiru, ako mi možete pomoći oko nekoliko pitanja koja imam o odbitku od plaće.
Without membership, we can't advocate for you individually if a dispute comes up, though general workplace rights still apply under the Fair Work Act regardless.
Shvaćam, znači ako ne postanem članica, i dalje imam osnovna prava po Zakonu o radu, ali bez osobne podrške sindikata ako dođe do problema.
Great — I'll process your application now; your cover starts from next Monday, the fourteenth, so you'll be fully protected from then onward.
Hvala vam, stvarno cijenim to. Radujem se što ću od ponedjeljka biti potpuno zaštićena na poslu, bez obzira što se dogodi na sljedećoj smjeni.
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- membership costsPrevesti kao 'troškovi članstva' ili 'članarina'.
- fair workZadržati naziv 'Fair Work' kao vlastito ime institucije.
- fair work commissionZadržati naziv na engleskom, 'Fair Work Commission', jer je to službeni naziv institucije koji nema hrvatski ekvivalent; po potrebi dodati kratko objašnjenje 'komisija za radne odnose'.
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