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Joining a Retail Workers' Union
Union Organiser (speaking English) and Warehouse Employee (speaking Sinhala) talk through “Joining a Retail Workers' Union”. You interpret both ways — English into Sinhala, and Sinhala into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Thanks for meeting me during your break, Nuwan. I'm from the SDA, the union that represents warehouse and retail workers across Dandenong and the wider Melbourne area.
ඔව්, මට ටිකක් තේරෙනවා. හැබැයි සංගමයට එකතු වුණාම මට හරියටම මොනවගේ ප්රතිලාභ තියෙනවද කියලා දැනගන්න කැමතියි.
We negotiate pay rates, safer rostering, and support members if there's a dispute with management. Right now about sixty staff at this site are already members.
මට ටිකක් බය හිතෙනවා, සංගමයට එකතු වුණොත් මගේ ස්ථිර රැකියාවට හෝ මහත්තයාගේ බැලීමට වෙනසක් වෙයිද කියලා.
No, it's illegal for your employer to treat you differently or dismiss you because you're in a union. That protection applies under Australian workplace law.
හොඳයි, ඒක ඇහුවට සතුටුයි. එකතු වෙන්න මොනවා කරන්න ඕනද, මොනවගේ ලියකියවිලි ඕනද කියලා කියන්න.
You just complete a short form online with your name, employee number, and department. It only takes about ten minutes to finish.
හොඳයි, ඒක තේරුණා. ඒත් සාමාජිකත්වයට මුදලක් ගෙවන්න ඕනද? එහෙම නම් කීයක්ද ගෙවන්න වෙන්නේ?
Yes, membership costs eight dollars fifty a fortnight, taken directly from your pay unless you choose to pay it separately yourself.
හරි, තේරුණා. ඉදිරියේදී මගේ අදහස වෙනස් වුණොත්, සාමාජිකත්වය නවත්තන්න පුළුවන්ද?
You can cancel anytime with written notice - there's no lock-in contract, so you're free to leave whenever you decide.
හොඳයි, එහෙනම් අද දවසේම මම සාමාජිකත්වයට අයදුම් කරන්නම්. ඔබේ උදව්වට ගොඩක් ස්තුතියි.
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- membership costs'සාමාජික ගාස්තු' ලෙස පරිවර්තනය කිරීම නිවැරදි හා පැහැදිලි වේ.
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