industrial action

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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 financial costs of industrial action in the NHS are fairly opaque," said Sally Gainsbury of the Nuffield Trust.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told the BBC the government "categorically" did not change its deal with resident doctors to end ongoing industrial action over pay and jobs.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The market is vulnerable to outages anywhere, from hurricanes, industrial action or cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Thus Ruskin says that his whole scheme of political economy is based on the moral assimilation of industrial action to military.

From A Critical Examination of Socialism by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)