industrial action

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The government could invoke emergency mediation powers to halt industrial action and trigger mediation if it is deemed a threat to the national economy.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The court ordered the union to maintain normal operations at certain key production facilities during industrial action.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Union leaders said they would seek to remove legal obstacles to a strike, referring to management’s attempt to halt the industrial action in a local court.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

But the move failed to bring an end to their industrial action, leading to an increasingly sour relationship their union, the BMA, which he has accused of "cartel like" behaviour in negotiations over pay.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

There follows a discussion of the old tactics of labor, its first political experience, and its final return to direct industrial action.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various