industrial action
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Samsung Electronics was obliged to offer employees windfall payments to prevent industrial action.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
It said it would hold a formal ballot on whether to take industrial action over pay in the autumn if the government "does not take urgent action".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Resident doctors are taking part in an industrial action in a dispute over pay.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Both branches of practice voted in favour of industrial action in what they said was "over 18 years of pay erosion" and rejected the 3.5% pay rise.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Trade unions therefore represent the same reaction from complete individual freedom of industrial action as do factory laws and the other extensions of the economic functions of government discussed in the last chapter.
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney
