industrial dispute
noun[C]
HRukus(alsolabour dispute);(alsotrade dispute)adisagreementbetweenworkersandmanagementoverpay,workingconditions,hoursofwork, etc.,especiallyone thatincludesstrikes(=workersrefusingtowork):
settle/resolve an industrial disputeProgress has been made towardssettlingtheindustrialdisputeoverpossibleredundanciesat thenewspaper.
The 1984miners'strikewas the mostbitterindustrialdisputeBritainhaseverseen.