job action
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5.7
- noun
- Specialized
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acción laboral
- The spreading job actions by Wal-Mart workers around the country, while still involving modest numbers, come across as a kind of catharsis.
- an illegal job action
- job action this week
Examples
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Nonetheless, we know that more than once NWPA refrained from action harmful to Medalia or its successors, one example being not taking job action when PMG management insisted on an open shop.
Academic text (2001) -
Change will most likely require the type of job action we haven't seen in decades.
Blog text (27) -
We are a long way from any kind of strike, including a one-day job action, in the PSC.
Blog text (27) -
This power, along with workers' individual job actions, forced fundamental changes in the pesticide program, demonstrating the importance of integrating labor into the study of environmental change in agricultural capitalism.
Academic text (2002) -
They built on this experience to develop the tactic of undertaking "quickie" job actions, leaving valuable, highly perishable materials to waste and stopping the "endless chain" of packinghouse work until grievances found resolution.
Academic text (2000) -
D'Accholi, A.L. (1984). Some potential effects of RIF-related job actions on public school teachers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 45, 997A. (University Microfilm No. 8414695).
Academic text (1993) -
The workers decided to commence a job action to demand better safety conditions in the factory.
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After negotiations broke down, the union announced a job action to show their discontent with management's offer.
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The recent job action by the nurses aimed to secure improved staffing levels in the hospital.
Synonyms
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5.5
A protest where people act directly, for example by blocking a road or factory, to reach their goals
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4.2
A time when workers stop working to protest about pay or conditions
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4.4
Workers stay at their workplace and refuse to work until demands are met
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7.4
Many workers stay home as an organized protest to pressure their boss
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6.4
Workers who stay in their workplace and refuse to leave until the employer meets their demands
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7.8
A strike by workers not approved by their union
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7.7
Workers who stay at their workplace and keep working to protest closure or job cuts
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7.4
A protest where workers work slowly on purpose to pressure their employer
A group of workers who call in sick to protest and ask for change
A strike by workers that starts without union approval
Workers stop work to support other workers on strike
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
Antonyms
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'job' (work, position) and 'action' (an act or measure) transparently signal an act related to work, so a learner could guess it refers to some workplace activity. However, the conventional labour-relations sense—specifically a temporary protest or collective measure short of a full strike—is institutional and not fully predictable from the parts without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase job action comes from the simple idea of workers doing an action at their job, such as working slowly, stopping certain tasks, or refusing extra duties to show they are unhappy. That's why job action now means 'a temporary protest by workers at work', often short of a full strike.