job action

noun

: a temporary action (such as a slowdown) by workers as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands

Examples of job action in a Sentence

The union has threatened a job action if wages are not increased.
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The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that nearly 2,400 mental health workers had launched their job action after Kaiser management had turned down proposals that the union said would stanch employee turnover and improve care. Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume. Jay Peters, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024 The workers are not airline workers and therefore are not subject to the mediation and slow path to job actions provided by the Railway Labor Act. Ted Reed, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 The Santa Cruz job action, which had been announced Friday, is the first in a potential series of rolling strikes across the UC system. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for job action 

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of job action was in 1932

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“Job action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/job%20action. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

job action

noun
: a temporary action (as a slowing of work) by workers on the job that is meant as a protest to force compliance with demands compare strike

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