Spanish C1 · Day 14
Day 14: Negociación colectiva salarial — Concession: si bien and aun cuando (part 1)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Concession: si bien and aun cuando (part 1)
- Reading: La negociación colectiva salarial: entre el poder adquisitivo y la fragmentación del convenio
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Grammar point: Concession: si bien and aun cuando (part 1)
At C1 level, you'll encounter more sophisticated ways to express complex relationships between ideas. Today, we're looking at a precise and rather formal concessive pattern that lets you accept a real fact without abandoning the main claim. The pattern is built on «si bien» plus a clause in the indicative, placed either before or after the main clause.
Key vocabulary (8 of 34 words)
- las partes negociadoras (Pl.) – parties to a pay agreement (unions and employers' associations)
- la negociación salarial (f.) – collective pay negotiation
- la reivindicación salarial (f.) – wage claim
- la amenaza de huelga (f.) – strike threat
- la huelga de advertencia (f.) – warning strike
- el conflicto colectivo (m.) – collective dispute
- la mediación (f.) – mediation / conciliation
- el mediador / la mediadora (m./f.) – mediator / conciliator
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