industrial relations

plural noun

: the dealings or relationships of a usually large business or industrial enterprise with its own workers, with labor in general, with governmental agencies, or with the public

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But in an update to members on Sunday shared with CNN, the union announced the industrial relations board ruled the strike was lawful, as the board continues to mediate negotiations. —

Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 30 June 2024 Under the new law, a new Fast Food Council was formed as part of the state's industrial relations department. —

Vanessa Romo, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024 Tracy Owen, senior vp industrial relations for Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television Studios, died Oct. 1 in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke. —

Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Bloomberg's Eamon Farhat joins us to discuss how industrial relations have changed since the wave of strikes last year. —

James Woolcock, Bloomberg.com, 3 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for industrial relations

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First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of industrial relations was in 1833

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