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Definitions

industrial relations

NOUN

links between management and laborers

Synonyms

WEAK

labor relations work relations

Example Sentences

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An industrial relations showdown looms this week as Germany's powerful IG Metall union is seeking to gain control of the works council at US billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla plant outside Berlin.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

This concept of collective agreement has underpinned industrial relations in Sweden for nearly a century.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

An independent industrial relations board will review the dispute over the next two days.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has previously said she is "committed to resetting industrial relations" following years of strikes.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

These laws were so amplified as to meet every demand of the domestic, social, civic and industrial relations of the nation.

From The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods by Tidwell, Josiah Blake