go-slow

American  

[goh-sloh] / ˈgoʊˌsloʊ /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a work slowdown, as in sympathy with strikers or as a protest.

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go-slow British  

noun

1. US and Canadian equivalent: slowdown. 

   1. a deliberate slackening of the rate of production by organized labour as a tactic in industrial conflict

   2. ( as modifier )

      go-slow tactics

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verb

1. (intr) to work deliberately slowly as a tactic in industrial conflict

Etymology

Origin of go-slow

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“The risks are really two-sided here,” he said on Wednesday, though he saw the go-slow risk as doing “unnecessary harm to employment.”

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Last Friday, more than 100 tractors and pickup trucks disrupted traffic with a go-slow protest on one of the main routes in west Wales.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

In a related development, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday established a go-slow zone for ships off Atlantic City to protect the critically endangered North American right whale.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The officer's incarceration prompted a go-slow protest by colleagues, which has disrupted court activity, while government representatives have tried to appease the discontent within the police force.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023

The guards immediately saw this and threatened us, but we would not increase our pace, and we continued this go-slow strategy for as long as we worked in the courtyard.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela