industrial action
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Union leaders said they would seek to remove legal obstacles to a strike, referring to management’s attempt to halt the industrial action in a local court.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The industrial action runs from 12:00 on Tuesday for 24 hours to be followed by a second 24-hour period beginning on Thursday and ending midday on Friday.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The government offered a package of measures last month in a bid to end the dispute, including 1,000 additional training places, but the package was withdrawn after the union announced industrial action.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The offer - aimed at avoiding industrial action – applied to doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff, but not homecare workers in the independent sector.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
There follows a discussion of the old tactics of labor, its first political experience, and its final return to direct industrial action.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
