industrial action

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Hence, for example, the degradation of the right to peaceful public protest in the name both of security and of interruption to business: to a logistics network, the disruption caused by industrial action and that caused by a dirty bomb are functionally the same.

From Salon

The union said the £580,000 decrease was unprecedented, and revealed the anger of its members a year on from the start of all-out industrial action in the city.

From BBC

"My message to those still taking industrial action is simple: Come back to work as I want you to be part of this new and improved service. Our door remains open."

From BBC

Other indications that the regime’s grip was weakening could include major industrial action, such as a strike among oil workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The industrial action is likely to impact local buses, trams and trains in towns and cities across most of Germany on Friday, with the strike extending into Saturday in many places.

From Barron's