industrial action
noun /ɪnˌdʌstriəl ˈækʃn/
/ɪnˌdʌstriəl ˈækʃn/
[uncountable] (especially British English)- action that workers take, especially stopping work, to protest to their employers about something
- Industrial action by train drivers seriously affected rush-hour services.
Wordfinder- ballot
- closed shop
- collective bargaining
- industrial action
- labour
- picket
- protest
- representative
- strike
- union
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2- The union is considering stepping up its industrial action.
- to take industrial action over pay
- The union is threatening industrial action against the company.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- continuing
- unlawful
- take
- threaten
- call for
- …
- industrial action against
- industrial action by
- industrial action in support of
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