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job action

n. (context chiefly US and Canada English) A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer, especially one which is limited in duration or severity.

WordNet
job action

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

Usage examples of "job action".

The most serious job action took place on March 8, 1981, during a critical period when there were numerous major international events taking place.

You know, send a petition to the ICU board, threaten a job action, whatever.

You called what was going on out in the Beyond a job action or you called it a tax strike or you called it damned stupid, but if you were smart you didn’.