industrial action
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The medical group gave the Kenyan government a 48-hour ultimatum to disclose details of the negotiations or risk nationwide industrial action.
From BBC • May 29, 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 say this by extension enshrines the right to industrial action, but employers disagree.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The court ordered the union to maintain normal operations at certain key production facilities during industrial action.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The existence of such a system of taxation, with the machinery for collecting money in this way, allows the government more freedom of industrial action than any private individual can command.
From Practical Argumentation by Pattee, George K.
