industrial action

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As part of industrial action short of strike during pay disputes in recent years, teachers had boycotted inspections.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Teachers went on strike on Tuesday and are due to take industrial action for a further 11 days in March and April.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Several flights to Middle East destinations were excluded from the industrial action.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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)