You play for time

écrit par GBNews-Reporters   // 8 juin 2011   //

« Management are playing for time by refusing to meet the union to discuss the strike. They are hoping that if they wait long enough, the striking employees will have to go back to work. » You play for time

when you try to delay something happening, either because you don’t want it to happen or because you need more time to decide what to do if it happens.

L’équipe managériale joue la montre en refusant de rencontrer le syndicat pour discuter de la grève. Elle espère que si elle attend suffisamment, les grévistes voudront retourner au travail.


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