[, ] () action that workers take, especially stopping work, to protest to their employers about sth 劳工行动；（尤指）怠工，罢工◆Unions took industrial action over wage demands. 工会由於要求提高工资，所以采取劳工行动。⨁to call (for) / organize / take / threaten industrial action 号召／组织／举行／威胁要采取劳工行动⨁to avert / avoid / call off industrial action 避免／回避／取消劳工行动