How to Use industrial relations in a Sentence

industrial relations

plural noun
  • One is that industrial relations must be devolved to the level of the firm.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • In their new roles, Lang will oversee all aspects of industrial relations for the motion picture division and the studio back lot operations.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • His father was a manager of government contracts, and his mother, known simply as Peets, was an assistant director of industrial relations.
    — Bill Friskics-Warren, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But no single agency regulates farmworker housing, and the bunk issue has not arisen on a statewide level, according to state labor, housing and industrial relations officials.
    — oregonlive, 11 May 2020
  • The protests galvanized public opinion against the strikers in a moment considered a turning point in Italian industrial relations and for Fiat’s profits.
    — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Schreiner went on to work in human resources, then head personnel director and then director of industrial relations for a combustion engineering company.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The new bills include the industrial relations code that will allow companies with as many as 300 workers to fire them without seeking prior government approval, a three-fold jump from the current threshold.
    — Bibhudatta Pradhan, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Pavey, who has a bachelor’s degree in pre-personnel and industrial relations from the University of Cincinnati, worked for a time as an English teacher.
    — Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Sarosh Kuruvilla, a professor of industrial relations at Cornell, analyzed more than forty thousand audits from around the world and found that almost half were unreliable.
    — Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Traditionally the role of domestic institutions has been used to explain this difference, with a particular emphasis on the role these institutions play in industrial relations.
    — Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • As an academic, Shultz specialized in industrial relations, often serving as mediator between management and unions, sharpening his skills as a negotiator.
    — Norman Kempster, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Meanwhile, America’s economy has become tech-centric, making 20th-century industrial relations look like a relic.
    — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Both will be co-heads of industrial relations for Paramount Skydance, reporting directly to Makan Delrahim, the company’s chief legal officer.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 June 2026
  • Weber earned his bachelor’s degree in 1950 in economics from the University of Illinois, then a master’s degree there in industrial relations.
    — Sydney Czyzon, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • His bridging of economics and law caught the attention of Shultz, who was then a professor of industrial relations and later became dean of the university’s Graduate School of Business.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
  • Lang has been head of industrial relations at Paramount Pictures since 2013, while Kasdan has been a top labor executive at CBS for a decade.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 June 2026
  • Gary Chaison, professor emeritus of industrial relations at Clark University in Massachusetts, expects the strike to end within a week.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
  • For proponents of the New Deal, this meant translating the principles of the Constitution for modern forms of economic organization and industrial relations.
    — Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Paramount Skydance is restructuring its industrial relations department.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • The Accord was a transnational industrial relations agreement between 222 global brands, retailers and global union organizations that represent workers.
    — London School Of Economics, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The body would have to include representatives of the state public health, occupational safety and health, labor standards, and industrial relations regulatory agencies, as well as six members representing franchisers, franchisees and employees.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Lang previously served as Paramount’s head of worldwide industrial relations and production safety, while Kasdan has been leading labor relations for CBS studio and broadcasting groups.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • For nearly three decades, reference librarian Georgianna Herman was a prime resource for graduate students in industrial relations at the University of Minnesota.
    — Randy Furst, Star Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Recent studies have found that employee representation has a positive impact on capital formation in large German corporations and that industrial relations between management and employees are stronger with worker-board representation in place.
    — Lenore Palladino For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 2 June 2020
  • Cambodia, which has emerged as one of the strongest performers within the Action, Collaboration, Transformation (ACT) initiative on supply-chain industrial relations, announced an extension of its groundbreaking garment and footwear sector agreement.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 23 June 2026

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