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单词 industrial action
释义
industrial action
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˌdʌs.tri.əl ˈæk.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌdʌs.tri.əl ˈæk.ʃən/
anoccasionwhenworkersdo something that isintendedtoforceanemployertoagreeto something,especiallybystoppingwork:
劳工行动（尤指罢工）
Workers at theplantarethreateningindustrialaction.工厂的工人正在威胁要进行劳工行动。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Industrial action
  • abstain
  • anti-strike
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • locksomeoneout
  • lockout
  • picket
  • picket line
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • strikebreaking
  • striker
  • sympathy
  • union-bashing
  • walk
  • walk out
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(Definition ofindustrial actionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

industrial action| Business English

industrial action
noun[U]
HRUK
uk
us
(USjob action)
actionsbyworkers,especiallytheactionofstoppingwork, that areintendedtoforceanemployertoagreeto something:
Of the 1,000employeesat theplant, 55percentvotednot totakeindustrialaction.
callfor/organize/threatenindustrialaction
calloff/avert/avoidindustrialaction
Thecarmanufacturerisfacingathreatofindustrialactionoverplanstoreducepensionbenefits.
(Definition ofindustrial actionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindustrial action

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Doctors can - and do - shrug such reports away, saying that a few will suffer in every suchindustrialaction.
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The doctors conclude that they have no option exceptindustrialactionto ensure corrective action.
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In another company where a union had existed,industrialactionby workers caused the owner to ban the union and dismiss its leaders.
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Public dissent over the new tax system culminated in a spate of demonstrations andindustrialactionthroughout the country.
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The union membership supported the nationwideindustrialactionthat brought government services to a halt.
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Indeed, wage competition and glaring disparities in working conditions not only quickened labour mobility but also provokedindustrialaction.
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These sick individuals are, in no way, concerned with the matters that provokeindustrialaction.
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The wider scale of labour organisation andindustrialactionimmeasurably complicated the jobber's task.
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Suchindustrialactionoften threatened the entire law and order machineries in the mill towns.
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Thus, to say that nurses have often resorted toindustrialactionbecause they were not professionalized is only trivially true.
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Usually, the mere threat ofindustrialactionon the part of doctors is sufficient to resolve the situation.
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They also extended strikes beyond the confinement of factories and mounted widerindustrialactionto avoid dealing with the management of a single factory.
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It should be remembered thatindustrialactionis not an end in itself; it is a means to an end.
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The strike appears to have been fairly solid with only the printers' union ignoring calls forindustrialaction.
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The nurse's role as patient advocate is problematic but can be seen to justifyindustrialactiontaken over concern for quality of care.
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