unofficial action
noun[U]
HR,WORKPLACEukusastrikethat has not beenapprovedby atradeunion:
At least 20,000workersare takingpartinunofficialactionoverpay.
Examplesofunofficial action
unofficial action
Even before the capture, the press had been predicting thatunofficialactionwould be taken against him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With the succession of strikes having been called and then won, many groups of workers began to takeunofficialactionoften without the consent or support of the union leaderships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In that situation it is totally wrong thatunofficialactionshould take place.
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Miners got an increase of 10 per cent., stimulated byunofficialaction.
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Unofficialactionat a time of such dispute cannot always be prevented.
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In the present circumstances, trade union officials will deem it safer to countenanceunofficialactionthan negotiate through the machinery.
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Unofficialactionwill be able to continue without a ballot.
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In no way would they stopunofficialaction.
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It would undoubtedly have led tounofficialaction.
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It can no longer say that it is involved inunofficialactionif the decision of the ballot is to go for strike action.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment