direct actionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdaɪ.rekt ˈæk.ʃən/us/ˌdaɪ.rekt ˈæk.ʃən/the use of strikes, violence, or protests as a way of trying to get what you want, instead of talking
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Industrial action
- abstain
- blackleg
- cooling-off period
- demarcation dispute
- 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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Taking action against people in power
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- In England there is a separate organization of the I. W. W. that is advancing rapidly, while the influence on the old trade unions is very noticeable in their changed attitude of late toward 'direct action.'...
- This necessity for community solidarity is often overlooked by followers of Gandhi who advocate reforms by means of non-violent direct action in our western society.