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Definitions

industrial relations

NOUN

links between management and laborers

Synonyms

WEAK

labor relations work relations

Example Sentences

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An industrial relations showdown looms this week as Germany's powerful IG Metall union is seeking to gain control of the works council at US billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla plant outside Berlin.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

An independent industrial relations board will review the dispute over the next two days.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

Within 18 months, he was employment secretary, a move that signalled the government's intention to take a tough line on industrial relations.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

The stand-out announcements were on public sector pay: a hoped-for end to scratchy industrial relations, strikes by junior doctors and disruption for the public.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2024

It would provide employers with a code of honor in industrial relations.

From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Feis, Herbert