industrial action

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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

In Communion, Doyle has combined those events with a fictional version of the industrial action which occurred after Tata's announcement that it planned to shut off the blast furnaces.

From BBC • May 31, 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

Unions at the ILO had argued that this by extension enshrined the right to industrial action, but employers disagreed, so they took the fight to the ICJ.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

It does not address itself to the employer, but to the State, while industrial action addresses itself to the individual employer or to associations of employers.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert