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

TfL said the industrial action was "completely unnecessary" while Aslef, another Tube driver union, supports the deal as "exactly the sort every trade union should be trying to achieve".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 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

Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of the BMA's resident doctor committee, said: "It's very regrettable and I am very sorry to any patients who are affected by this industrial action."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

A threat was recently made by the representatives of the miners that industrial action would be taken unless the Government at once withdrew all troops from Russia and abandoned conscription.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. by Various