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labour relations

British

plural noun

1. collective relations between the management of an organization and its employees or employees' representatives
2. a set of such relations in a wider context, such as in an industry, or in a national economy

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The labour relations act prohibits essential workers from engaging in strike action which is detrimental to healthcare services with a risk of loss of life, he told a press briefing.

From Reuters • Mar. 13, 2023

"We want to recover the balance in labour relations that deteriorated under the previous reform," Unai Sordo, head of CCOO, Spain's biggest union, told Reuters.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2021

To understand labour relations in the US is impossible without looking at healthcare.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2021

Orgreave marked a turning point in the 1984-85 miners’ strike, and for labour relations in the UK.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2017

Maintenance of fair incomes requires extensive labour relations and social security laws.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

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