industrial action

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. job action.

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industrial action British  

noun

1. any action, such as a strike or go-slow, taken by employees in industry to protest against working conditions, redundancies, etc

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Example Sentences

We have committed - a number of times and in a number of ways, including in writing before this most recent industrial action - to these proposals being voluntary.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Teachers in Northern Ireland are to vote on whether to take industrial action over what they say is their "unsustainable" workload.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Samsung’s management and its union leaders struck the deal in negotiations mediated by South Korea’s labor minister at late last Wednesday, just hours before industrial action at the company was set to begin.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The agreement came late Wednesday, just hours before the potentially disruptive industrial action at the company was set to begin.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Trade unions therefore represent the same reaction from complete individual freedom of industrial action as do factory laws and the other extensions of the economic functions of government discussed in the last chapter.

From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Cheyney, Edward Potts