job actions
Organized labor tactics
Job actions are organized efforts by workers to pressure employers without going on full strike.
These include slowdowns, work-to-rule campaigns (following procedures so precisely that productivity drops), sick-outs, and refusal of overtime.
The term is common in labor relations and journalism: Teachers announced job actions after contract talks stalled.
Job actions occupy the space between normal work and complete work stoppage.
- go-slowDeliberate work deceleration
- work slowdownDeliberate reduction in pace
- work-to-ruleProtest through strict compliance
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
slowdown · labor strike · strike · sit-down strike · labor unrest · worker solidarity · economic pressure · overtime ban · walkout · protest · sickout · blue flu · work stoppage · boycott · wildcat strikes · sympathy strike · fair wages · unions
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- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, coal strike, pickets
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
job actionslockout
Employer-imposed work stoppage
employer lockout · plant closure · mass layoffs · union busting · strikebreaking
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