noun
a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands
• Hypernyms: ↑direct action
• Hyponyms: ↑go-slow, ↑work to rule, ↑strike, ↑work stoppage
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noun : a temporary action (as a slowdown) by workers as a protest and means toward forcing compliance with demands
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any means, as a work slowdown, of organized protest or pressure by employees to win some goal or gain from their employers.
[1965-70, Amer.]
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job action,
U.S. an action by workers, such as a refusal to do a certain type of work, taken to express a grievance or to enforce a demand.
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noun, pl ⋯ -tions [count]
US : something (such as a strike or a slowing of work) done by workers to protest bad conditions, low wages, etc.
The union has threatened a job action if wages are not increased.
— called also (Brit) industrial action
Useful english dictionary. 2012.