industrial action

American

noun

Chiefly British.

job action.

industrial action British

noun

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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Industrial action by the British Medical Association will start at 07:00 BST on 7 April and will run until 07:00 BST on 13 April.

From BBC

The market is vulnerable to outages anywhere, from hurricanes, industrial action or cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The union is consulting its members over potential industrial action over pay, to gauge the appetite before committing to a formal ballot.

From BBC

A deal was struck to honour the pledge by cutting class contact time less than a week before industrial action was due to begin.

From BBC

The offer was rejected by 60% of union members who voted, with a majority agreeing to take industrial action.

From BBC

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