to threaten industrial action
1industrial 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… …
2industrial action — noun (esp. BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ continuing ▪ unlawful VERB + INDUSTRIAL ACTION ▪ take ▪ threaten ▪ call for …
3threaten — verb 1 warn sb that you may hurt, kill or punish them ADVERB ▪ publicly ▪ personally, physically ▪ He says he was physically threatened in an attempt to get him to sign over his rights. ▪ repeatedly …
4Industrial espionage — Teapot with Actresses, Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, ca. 1725. The Vezzi brothers were involved in a series of incidents of industrial espionage. It was these actions that led to the secret of manufacturing Meissen porcelain becoming widely… …
5industrial glass — Introduction solid material that is normally lustrous and transparent in appearance and that shows great durability under exposure to the natural elements. These three properties lustre, transparency, and durability make glass a favoured… …
6Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
7Labor federation competition in the United States — A labor federation is a group of unions or labor organizations that are in some sense coordinated. The terminology used to identify such organizations grows out of usage, and has sometimes been imprecise. For example, nationals are sometimes… …
8Venezuela — Venezuelan, adj., n. /ven euh zway leuh, zwee /; Sp. /be ne swe lah/, n. a republic in N South America. 22,396,407; 352,143 sq. mi. (912,050 sq. km). Cap.: Caracas. * * * Venezuela Introduction Venezuela Background: Venezuela was one of the three …
9United Kingdom company law — Beside the River Thames, the City of London is a global financial centre. Within the Square Mile, the London Stock Exchange lies at the heart of the United Kingdom s corporations. United Kingdom company law is the body of rules that concern… …
10State of emergency — For other uses, see State of emergency (disambiguation). A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend some normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, alert citizens to change their normal behaviours …
