n (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 — 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,… …
3Industrial 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 …
4industrial 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 …
5industrial action — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ action taken by employees of a company as a protest, especially striking or working to rule …
6industrial 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 …
7industrial action — noun (esp. BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ continuing ▪ unlawful VERB + INDUSTRIAL ACTION ▪ take ▪ threaten ▪ call for …
8industrial 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 …
9industrial 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 …
10official industrial action — industrial action is treated as official if the trade union whose members are taking part has endorsed or authorised it and has not subsequently repudiated it. Where members of more than one union are taking part, all unions must authorise or… …
