industrial actions
industrial actions is the plural of industrial action.
Meaning of industrial action
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
- Synonyms:
- job action, labor action
Questions about industrial actions
- What is industrial actions the plural of?
- Industrial actions is the plural of industrial action.
Words near industrial actions in the dictionary
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