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Job Action

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Noun

1. job action

a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Job Action

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noun
US and Canadian
a temporary action by workers, such as refusing to work, usually undertaken because they are unhappy with their pay or working conditions, and intended to force the employer to improve these
She called on the Ontario Hospital Association to return to the bargaining table to avert the job action.

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Job Action

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a joint refusal by a group of employees to perform all or part of their duties in an attempt to force the granting of certain demands; esp., such an action by a group forbidden by law to strike

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Job Action

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n.
1. An action, such as a strike or slowdown, taken by workers as a means of increasing bargaining power with management.
2. Law An action taken by an employer that affects an employee's terms of employment, especially adversely.

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