By historic standards, they are still "pretty good", insists Paul Nowak, national organiser of Britain's Trades Union Congress.

以历史标准来判断，这些时间“非常温和”，英国职工大会的全国组织人保罗·诺瓦克(Paul Nowak)坚持认为。

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The partners are the seafarer unions and the National Trades Union Congress, as well as the maritime industry and the Singapore National Employers Federation.

这三方分别是船员联盟，全国职工总会和海运业及新加坡全国雇主联合会。

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A survey last year by the Trades Union Congress found that 38% of people in that same middle quintile were concerned about their job prospects, the same proportion as in the very bottom quintile.

英国劳工联合会去年的一份调查则发现同样这中间五分之一的人当中，38%的人担心他们的工作前景，比率跟处在最底端五分之一的人一样。

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Brendan Barber, the head of the Trades Union Congress, takes a rather different view.

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But the Trades Union Congress denied that Monday's survey heralded a new period of industrial discontent.

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The Scottish Trades Union Congress said the figures brought "yet more miserable news for Scotland".

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