INDUSTRIAL ACTION

'Industrial action' (UK) or 'job action' (US) refers collectively to any measure taken by trade unions or other organised labour meant to reduce productivity in a workplace. Quite often it is used and interpreted, mistakenly, as a euphemism for strike, but the scope is much wider. Industrial action may take place in the context of a labour dispute or may be meant to effect political or social change. Specifically industrial action may include one or more of the following:

★ strike

★ go-slow

★ occupation of factories

★ work-to-rule

★ general strike

★ slowdown

★ overtime ban

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See also

See also

★ nonviolent resistance