industrial action

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The industrial action caused severe disruption across the capital's transport network, with many Londoners getting around by e-bike instead.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 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

The government offered a package of measures last month in a bid to end the dispute, including 1,000 additional training places, but the package was withdrawn after the union announced industrial action.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The offer - aimed at avoiding industrial action – applied to doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff, but not homecare workers in the independent sector.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

There has been, it appears, an unfortunate misunderstanding as to the exact meaning of the term "industrial action."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. by Various