industrial action

English

Noun

industrial action (countable and uncountable, plural industrial actions)

1. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
   • 2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 42:

     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.

Synonyms

• job action (US)
• labor action, labour action

Antonyms

• industrial peace
• lockout

Hyponyms

• general strike
• go-slow
• overtime ban
• slowdown
• stayaway
• stayout
• strike
• walkout
• work-to-rule

 

Translations

workplace protest

• Finnish: työtaistelu (fi)
• German: Arbeitskampf (de) m
• Scottish Gaelic: stailc f
• Swedish: stridsåtgärd (sv) c