restrictive practicenoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˌstrɪk.tɪv ˈpræk.tɪs/us/rɪˌstrɪk.tɪv ˈpræk.tɪs/UK specializedin industry or business, an action that limits the freedom of workers or employers:
Management accused the union of restrictive practices.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Industrial action
- abstain
- blackleg
- cooling-off period
- demarcation dispute
- direct action
- job action
- lightning strike
- lock
- lock sb out
- lockout
- pay claim
- picket
- strike
- strike pay
- strikebreaker
- sympathy
- walk
- walk out
- walkout
- wildcat strike
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