- industrial action
- noun Date: circa 1931 British job action
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
industrial action
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industrial action — ➔ action * * * industrial action UK US noun [U] UK (US job action) HR ► actions by workers, especially the action of stopping work, that are intended to force an employer to agree to something: »Of the 1,000 employees at the plant, 55 per cent… … Financial and business terms
industrial action — Any concerted action by workers that is taken in order to put pressure on an employer. It includes strikes, overtime bans, call out bans, work to rule(s), sit ins and work ins. Industrial action can be unofficial or official industrial action,… … Law dictionary
Industrial action — (UK and Ireland) or job action (US) refers collectively to any measure taken by trade unions or other organised labour meant to reduce productivity in a workplace. Quite often it is used and interpreted, mistakenly, as a euphemism for strike, but … Wikipedia
industrial action — is an established term (first recorded as recently as 1971 in the OED) denoting various kinds of industrial protest including strikes, working to rule, overtime bans, etc. The word action, paradoxical though it may seem, refers to the activity of … Modern English usage
industrial action — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ action taken by employees of a company as a protest, especially striking or working to rule … English terms dictionary
industrial action — noun Britain : job action herein * * * industrial action see under ↑industry • • • Main Entry: ↑action industrial action noun Any action, such as a strike or go slow, taken by w … Useful english dictionary
industrial action — noun (esp. BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ continuing ▪ unlawful VERB + INDUSTRIAL ACTION ▪ take ▪ threaten ▪ call for … Collocations dictionary
industrial action — Certain sanctions available to groups of workers and employers in dispute with each other over employment conditions. A strike is a refusal by workers to continue working, usually involving a walk out or concerted non attendance at the workplace … Dictionary of sociology
industrial action — N UNCOUNT If workers take industrial action, they join together and do something to show that they are unhappy with their pay or working conditions, for example refusing to work. [mainly BRIT] Prison officers will decide next week whether to take … English dictionary
industrial action — Any form of coordinated action in an industrial dispute by employees, with or without the support of a trade union, that seeks to force employers to agree to their demands relating to wages, terms of employment, working conditions, etc. It may… … Big dictionary of business and management
industrial action — British a strike Now standard English for industrial inaction. The plural is not used even when there is more than one strike: Khadiq s flight was delayed, successively by industrial actions involving luggage handlers at Heathrow and … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
