industrial actions
Organized labor disruptions
Industrial actions are organized efforts by workers to pressure employers during disputes—strikes, walkouts, slowdowns, work-to-rule campaigns.
The term is more common in British than American English, where "labor actions" or specific terms like "strike" predominate.
The union threatened industrial actions if negotiations failed.
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- down toolsHalt work in protest
- go-slowDeliberate work deceleration
- work-to-ruleProtest through strict compliance
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
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industrial actionslabor peace
Absence of work stoppages
negotiated settlement · mediation · arbitration · conciliation
industrial actionsbusiness as usual
Continuation of normal routine
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