industrial action

plural industrial actions

1. IrelandUKcountableuncountablelabourA 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

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   The federation, set up in 1919 after police were banned from taking industrial action when strikes led to riots and looting, is a statutory body that provides legal support to its officers, as well as fighting their corner like a union would over pay, conditions and welfare.

   2025 April 5, John Simpson, “Police Federation under fire for backing ‘unsackable’ rogue cops”, in The Observer

   Synonyms: job action, labor action