General Strike vocabulary Protest A strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval or opposition: Protests have been made by many

workers who would be affected by the new company policy. Farmers have united in protest against the planned new road. To protest is the verb They protested against the new manager's decisions Demonstrations The act of demonstrating as when a group of people march or stand together to show that they disagree with or support something or someone: The workers are holding a demonstration to protest against the bad working conditions. An anti-war demonstration in front of the US embassy. Riot A noisy, violent, and uncontrolled public gathering as by a crowd protesting against another group of people, employer, governments... Riots erupted in the inner-city when a local young man was shot by police. To riot is the verb = to take part in a riot: orkers are rioting in the streets of the capital. Rioters (noun !olice and rioters clashed violently. Strike To refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels or !ob losses:

orkers have the right to strike and "oin a trade union. orkers are striking for better wages and improved safety standards A strike (noun. Go on strike To start a strike Syndicalism "A radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions" Unions Also, trades union (#ritish $nglish or labor union (American $nglish. An organi%ation that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights, and discusses their pay and working conditions with employers: The employer's decisions have been strongly critici#ed by the trade unions. Strikebreaker A strikebreaker (sometimes derogatorily called a scab or a blackleg is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. $y crossing the picketline and working for the company% those dirty scabs took money out of the union workers pocket. Picket A person or group of people standing outside a workplace trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike. The strikers held picket signs painted with angry slogans.

Billy Elliot Transcript

&'ad( )urry up, 'ad. *e+ll be late.The whole friggin+ world+s gonna be on that picket line this mornin+. ,i( -ou tidy our room. 'ad( &There+s not much of this coal left. &.t+s fine. *e+ll be digging it up again next month. &'on+t kid yourself. &.+m not waitin+ for youse. &Tony. Tony ( &/ee you down the picket line, 'ad. &0eave it, #illy.

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&1lenty of boys do ballet, you know. &'o they now 2 *hat boys do ballet 2 &3obody around here, but plenty of men do. &1oofs. &3ot necessarily poofs. &*ho, like 2 *hat about *ayne /leep 2 )e+s not a poof. )e+s as fit as an athlete. &#et he couldn+t beat 'aley Thompson. &4aybe not in a race, but in stamina. *hy don+t you come tomorrow 2 -ou can !ust watch. &. can+t. 5otta go to boxin+, haven+t . 2 &1lease yourself, then. &/ee you around. &Aye. /ee ya. Ta&ra.

&.t was !ust 67 pence a session, you know. . can do without it. . do not do it for the money. &*hat are you talkin+ about 2

&The boxin+, man. . haven+t seen hide nor hair of your #illy for months. . was gonna say something, but . thought it might be embarrassin+. &8irst . knew about it. )e+s never got his gloves off. &/end him round to my house, and .+ll sharp knock some sense into him. 9 /houting : /cab ( /cab (

'ebbie2 &.+ve heard a lot about you. &'urham+s little 5ene ;elly, eh2 -our dad work down the pit, then2 &-eah. &4ust be hard for the family being out on strike. )e is out on strike, isn+t he2 &+<ourse. &. shouldn+t worry. .t won+t last long. &Tom, don+t. &.f they had a ballot, they+d be back tomorrow. .t+s !ust a few bloody commies stirrin+ things up. 0et+s face it. They haven+t got a leg to stand on. &*ho doesn+t2 &The miners. .t stands to reason, doesn+t it2 /ome pits are !ust uneconomical. .f it costs more money to pay everybody to dig the coal out than you get for the coal when you sell it, what does that tell ya2 &'on+t know. &-ou wanna think about that, don+t you, son2 &Tom. &.f it was up to me, .+d shut the lot of+em down tomorrow. &8or 5od+s sake. &*hat do you do, 4r. *ilkinson2 &)e+s been made redundant.

&5randma( Teatime(

&*here are you goin+2 &5o back to sleep. &.t+s =:77. &-ou weren+t thinkin+ of taking it with you2 &-ou !ust wanna stand around getting the shit kicked out you, that+s your funeral. #ut some of us are ready to fight back for once. &They+re already after you. -ou+re no good to us in !ail. & . don+t plan on getting caught. & *hat+s going on2 & -ou, get back to bed( #oth of you( & 8uck you. &1ut it down. &-ou gonna stop me2 &.+m warnin+ you. &-ou haven+t got it in you. -ou+re finished( /ince mam died, you+re nothing but a useless twat( *hat the fuck you gonna do about it 2 &/top it ( &*hat the fuck are you lookin+at2

&.t+s about a woman who+s captured by an evil magician. &/ounds crap. &And this woman&this beautiful woman is forced to be a swan. $xcept for a few hours every night when she becomes alive. /he becomes real again. And then one night she meets this young prince, and he falls in love with her. And she reali%es this is the one thing that will allow her to become a real woman once more. &/o then what happens 2 &)e promises to marry her and then goes off with someone else, of course. & /o she has to be a swan for good 2 & /he dies. &#ecause the prince didn+t love her2 &<ome on. .t+s time to go.

&.t+s only a ghost story. &<ome on(

&3ow get this. &5et inside( &The union leader( 5et him( &5et down( Thanks, pet. &<ome on( &/hit &)ere they come( &Tony( Tony, go back ( &5o on. 5et in there ( ,ff you go, mate (

&0istings for court four. Tony $lliot, 5eorge #runton. 5ary <ummings. &*hat+s the time 2 &<olin *oodward. &Ten past > 7:77.

&)ere we go, here we go, here we go.

&'o you think she+ll mind 2 &/hut up, boy. /he+s dead.

&)ey, fellow.3ame. -ou. &1aul. &/urname. &8elton. &8elton. &/horty. -ou.

&*hat 2 Thorpe. &Thorpe. &/mith. &/mith. &5lenton. &5lenton. &;erner. &;erner. &.s that the lot, then 2 &8uckin+hell. 3ever thought .+d see you down here. &Things change, eh 2 &?ight, you, name. &@ackie $lliot. &*ell, glad to see you+ve come to your senses. &*ho+s a big man now, eh 2 &?ight. ,kay, you lot. ,ver here. All aboard the skylark. 0ook lively. &<an+t smoke on here, mate. These are private buses. &/cab( /cab( /cab( /cab( /cab( /cab( &'ad ( 'ad (

&5ive us a hand. &'ad( &*hat the fuck you doin+2 'ad, you can+t go back ( 3ot now( &0ook at the state of us. *hat we got to offer the poor sod2 &-ou can+t do this( 3ot now( 3ot after all this time( 3ot after everything we+ve been through( &.t+s for wee #illy( )e may be a fuckin+ genius for all we know( &8or fuck+s sake, 'ad( -ou can+t do this( 'ad( 'ad( &Tony( &)e+s only > >, for fuck+s sake ( )e+s a kid. )e+s !ust a fuckin+ little kid(

&.+m sorry, .+m sorry. &1lease. 1lease. &*e+re finished, son. *hat choice have we got, eh2 0et+s give the boy a fuckin+ chance( &1lease, don+t do this. 'ad, we+ll find him some money. *e+ll find it for him. &*hat the fuck is he doin+, Tony2 &.t+s okay. )e+s gonna be okay. &@ust get him out of here, Tony. &Away. 0eave it. &5o on. &0eave us. 0eave us. &0et+s go home, 'ad.

&)ave a safe !ourney home. & 4r. $lliot, good luck with the strike.

&)e did it( )e fuckin+ did it( &@ackie, have you not heard, man2 *e+re goin+ back. /trike+s over, @ackie. The union caved in yesterday.