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job action

noun

  1. any means, as a work slowdown, of organized protest or pressure by employees to win some goal or gain from their employers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of job action1

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
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Example Sentences

The Santa Cruz job action, which had been announced Friday, is the first in a potential series of rolling strikes across the UC system.

University officials characterize the job action as illegal because the academic workers have a valid contract with a no-strike clause.

But that job action did not result in an agreement giving public servants the right to mostly work from home.

The job action comes after an especially busy year for labor actions, particularly in California.

But the job action by dozens of mechanics is beginning to reverberate.

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