to take 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 …
3industrial 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 …
4industrial 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 …
5Industrial 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 …
6industrial 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… …
7action — / ækʃən/ noun 1. a thing which has been done ♦ to take action to do something ● You must take action if you want to stop people cheating you. 2. ♦ to take industrial action to do something (usually to go on strike) to show that you are not happy… …
8industrial — /ɪn dʌstriəl/ adjective referring to manufacturing work ♦ to take industrial action to go on strike or go slow ▪▪▪ ‘ACAS has a legal obligation to try and solve industrial grievances before they reach industrial tribunals’ [Personnel Today] ▪▪▪… …
9industrial — /ɪn dʌstriəl/ adjective referring to manufacturing work ♦ to take industrial action to go on strike or go slow ♦ land zoned for light industrial use land where planning permission has been given to build small factories for light industry ▪▪▪… …
10Industrial Review — ▪ 1994 Introduction The period since 1990 was proving a difficult time for the older industrialized economies, which had suffered from prolonged recession at home, and also for the previously centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe… …
