industrial conflict
noun [C or U] HRDefinition
› disagreements and actions such as strikes (= workers refusing to work) that result from employees being unhappy with a situation: Absenteeism is more likely to be an expression of industrial conflict than a matter of separate individuals choosing to take time off.
(Definition of industrial conflict noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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