This is because the law now guarantees minimum service on public transport and in schools on strike days, and workers who down tools are no longer paid.

因为如今法国已立法保证公共交通、学校在罢工期间正常运作——即便是最低限度的运作，还规定对罢工工人停发薪水。

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Go down this aisle, pass the garden tools, you'll find them on the shelf next to the light bulbs.

沿着这条通道走下去，把园艺工具递给我，你可以在灯泡旁边的架子上找到它们。

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To break down these heavy new tools, we spoke with former Apple engineer and big-data geek Pete Warden.

为了详解这两个巨大的新型工具，我们采访了前苹果公司工程师、大型数据发烧友彼得·沃登。

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This week,it was the Toyota workers who laid down tools and demanded higher pay.

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He told the men to put down their guns and take up digging tools.

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If a large financial institution should ever fail, we will have the tools to wind it down without endangering the larger economy."

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The solar cell manufacturing industry for years made do with hand-me-down tools from the computer chip industry.

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And a union call to down tools is invariably answered by far more than just the union's paid-up members.

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Such prospects are unpopular in Germany, where the unions have said workers will lay down tools on Thursday to protest GM's decision.

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