demarcation disputenoun [ C ]
uk/diː.mɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən dɪˌspjuːt/us/diː.mɑːrˈkeɪ.ʃən dɪˌspjuːt/UKa disagreement between trade unions (= organizations of workers) about what types of work should be done by the members of each of them
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Industrial action
- abstain
- blackleg
- cooling-off period
- direct action
- down tools idiom
- lightning strike
- lock
- lock sb out
- lockout
- pay claim
- picket
- picket line
- strike
- strike pay
- strikebreaker
- sympathy
- walk
- walk out
- walkout
- wildcat strike
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