industrial action
industrial action noun: a workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
Noun
industrial action (countable and uncountable, plural industrial actions)
- A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
- Furthermore, overdue training of crew on the new Class 385 electrics, compounded by industrial action, meant that announcements of train cancellations "due to a member of the train crew being unavailable" became very familiar to passengers across east central Scotland.2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 42
- The federation, set up in 1919 after police were banned from taking industrial action when strikes led to riots and looting, is a statutory body that provides legal support to its officers, as well as fighting their corner like a union would over pay, conditions and welfare.2025 April 5, John Simpson, “Police Federation under fire for backing ‘unsackable’ rogue cops”, in The Observer
- Synonyms:
- job action, labor action
Synonyms of industrial action
Forms of industrial action
| plural | industrial actions |
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Questions about industrial action
- What does industrial action mean?
- Industrial action means a workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
- What part of speech is industrial action?
- Industrial action is a noun.
- What is the plural of industrial action?
- The plural of industrial action is industrial actions.
Words near industrial action in the dictionary
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