industrial action

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"The financial costs of industrial action in the NHS are fairly opaque," said Sally Gainsbury of the Nuffield Trust.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Karen said the industrial action would be "affecting the sick and the vulnerable - people they are supposed to be helping".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The market is vulnerable to outages anywhere, from hurricanes, industrial action or cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Full inspections are where ETI inspectors directly observed teaching and learning in the classroom, but industrial action had restricted this.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

It does not address itself to the employer, but to the State, while industrial action addresses itself to the individual employer or to associations of employers.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert