industrial conflict
noun[CorU]
HRukusdisagreementsandactionssuch asstrikes(=workersrefusingtowork)thatresultfromemployeesbeingunhappywith asituation:
Absenteeism is morelikelyto be anexpressionofindustrialconflictthan amatterofseparateindividualschoosingto taketimeoff.