Industrial action
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer. Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
"Furthermore, overdue training of crew on the new Class 385 electrics, compounded by industrial action, meant that announcements of train cancellations "due to a member of the train crew being unavailable" became very familiar to passengers across east central Scotland."
Example
More examples"Furthermore, overdue training of crew on the new Class 385 electrics, compounded by industrial action, meant that announcements of train cancellations "due to a member of the train crew being unavailable" became very familiar to passengers across east central Scotland."