industrial action

noun

British

: job action

Examples of industrial action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Any industrial action would be subject to a ballot of union members. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Royal Museums Greenwich staff have voted for industrial action over pay, conditions, and workplace reforms. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Much the same is expected in the new financial year, the bank said despite the risk of workforce industrial action at the company Port Hedland export facilities in Western Australia. — Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

The strike would be the most significant industrial action in three decades for the Western Australian mining industry, according to local media reports. — Lee Ying Shan,tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for industrial action

• dissatisfaction
• overreaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction