industrial unrest

collocation in English

meaningsofindustrialandunrest

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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unrest
noun[U]
uk
/ʌnˈrest/us
/ʌnˈrest/
disagreements or fighting between different groups ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandunrestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Demand collapsed and prices plummeted, resulting in massive layoffs, short-time working, cuts in piece rates and widespread, unsuccessfulindustrialunrest.
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It observed that the increase inindustrialunresthad 'led to the stimulation of public interest in labour questions'.
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The rejection meant prolonging the strike, further economic deterioration, andindustrialunrest- contrasting with the political tranquillity the government asked for.
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Destabilization was also made evident by increasingindustrialunrest, focusing significantly on the state sector of the economy-the government bureaucracy, the railways, and the military camps.
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In the wake of the 1877 railway strike, they were revived in order to meet the demands of employers for a force that could quickly suppressindustrialunrest.
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The winter of 1978 saw the most appalling scenes ofindustrialunrest.
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Obviously, the issues which led to theindustrialunresthave yet to be resolved.
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We have already heard thatindustrialunrestis at record levels.
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Dissatisfaction is immense and manifest in many ways, but clearly above all at present in the current wave ofindustrialunrest.
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Do not let us be alarmist and give people the impression thatindustrialunrestis rife in this country.
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Since then, not unexpectedly, the pace ofindustrialunresthas quickened.
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I am one of those who cast no aspersions whatever upon the methods of those who propose profit-sharing as a means of allayingindustrialunrest.
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They can either throw in their lot with extremism and stir upindustrialunrest, or they can cut loose from it.
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It is also aggravated by continued examples ofindustrialunrest.
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It is designed to deflect us as a people from what is causingindustrialunrest.
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We have been passing lately through a time which is generally known and referred to as one ofindustrialunrest.
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I discovered, to my amazement, that there was longstanding and majorindustrialunrestgoing on in that hospital.
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If extremists in our political spectrum continue to exploitindustrialunrestfor political ends, there will sooner or later be an inevitable backlash.
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Then there areindustrialunrest, and the question of racial hatred.
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They were fomenting that type ofindustrialunrestby using precisely the arguments which they have been using here tonight.
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