3. Your rights at work and trade unions

Taking part in industrial action and strikes

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    2. Holding a ballot
    3. Your employment rights during industrial action
    4. Going on strike and picketing

Overview

   Industrial action is when workers:
     * go on strike
     * take other action, like refusing to do overtime (known as ‘action
       short of a strike’)

   Sometimes an employer may stop their workers from working or coming
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   It’s against the law to take part in ‘secondary action’ (going on
   strike in sympathy with people who work for a different employer).
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