Job Action (Noun)
Meaning
A temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The union called for a job action to protest the company's decision to cut employee benefits and wages.
- Workers staged a job action by refusing to work overtime until their demands for better working conditions were met.
- The teachers' union voted to take a job action in response to the school board's proposal to increase class sizes.
- A job action by the airline's pilots resulted in the cancellation of several flights and stranded hundreds of passengers.
- The hospital's nurses took a job action by working only their scheduled shifts and refusing to take on extra duties.