industrial action

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From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The industrial action runs from 12:00 on Tuesday for 24 hours to be followed by a second 24-hour period beginning on Thursday and ending midday on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

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

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)