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Noun: industrial action
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: job action)
  1. A temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands
    "The union threatened industrial action if their demands weren't met";
    - job action [N. Amer]

Derived forms: industrial actions

Type of: direct action

Encyclopedia: Industrial action