0 a disagreement between trade unions (= organizations of workers) about what types of work should be done by the members of each of them --
1 a disagreement about the types of work that can be done by the members of particular trade unions: --
The Confederation of Danish Trade Unions issued proposals to resolve demarcation disputes among its member unions.
There can be no demarcation dispute because any two people working in the same sector have only one union to which they can belong.
I hope that such a petty demarcation dispute will not interfere with the best and most sensible way to deliver the programmes.
This is a matter of very great importance, and it should be clarified lest the demarcation dispute ultimately wrecks the system.
It is true that one cannot have a demarcation dispute on an empty stomach.
There can never be a demarcation dispute on empty bellies, and the sooner we get them filled the better.
There has been a lot of dispute about this—whether one might call it a demarcation dispute does not matter.
This kind of thing will make the "wild-cat" strike, the demarcation dispute, and shorter hours with less work at lower productivity an impossible luxury.
It is our hope that we can liberate higher education from the academic equivalent of a demarcation dispute.
