Definitions for job action

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

job′ ac`tion(n.)

  1. a work slowdown or other organized action used by employees as a means of protest or to compel an employer to accede to demands.

    Category: Business

Origin of job action:

1965–70, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. job action(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. job action(Noun)

    A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer, especially one which is limited in duration or severity.


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