industrial action
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| industrial action | |
| —n | |
| (Brit) any action, such as a strike or go-slow, taken by employees in industry to protest against working conditions, redundancies, etc | |
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Example sentences
Once a dispute is referred to arbitration, industrial action is prohibited.
Both parties are willing to return to the negotiating table, though further industrial action may occur this week.
Most of the strikes were considered illegal by the government under the industrial action law.
There is evidence to show that industrial action can accelerate a decline in the postal market.
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