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syndicat boutique

English translation: company union


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French term or phrase:syndicat boutique
English translation:company union
Entered by: Laura Molinari
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22:35 Nov 3, 2009
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French term or phrase: syndicat boutique
What is the meaning of 'boutique' as an adjective in this context?

Elle n’a pas consulté son syndicat, car elle considère que c’est un syndicat boutique, ce sont les gérants du magasin qui sont à la tête du syndicat.
Laura Molinari
Local time: 14:21
company union
Explanation:
common usage for a sham union that's in cahoots with the employer
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John Detre
Canada
Grading comment
I don't know how I failed to check Termium, that's always the first place I go!
Thank you...
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5 +5company union
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company union


Explanation:
common usage for a sham union that's in cahoots with the employer

John Detre
Canada
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I don't know how I failed to check Termium, that's always the first place I go!
Thank you...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Verginia Ophof
7 mins
  -> Thanks Virginia

agree  rir: http://www.erudit.org/revue/ae/1978/v54/n4/800799ar.pdf
18 mins
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agree  mimi 254: Termium le confirme aussi!
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agree  Stephanie Ezrol
14 hrs
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agree  IanDhu: "shop" union, perhaps? or even a "bought" union? It brings to mind the infamous tally-shop system, where the employer even owned the food people ate.
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