job action
noun
: a temporary action (such as a slowdown) by workers as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands
Examples of job action in a Sentence
The union has threatened a job action if wages are not increased.
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Controllers are prohibited from joining organized job actions like strikes by federal law.
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
But Daniels urged controllers to be professional — and pleaded with them not to engage in any kind of coordinated job action, because that could prompt the Trump administration to try to decertify the union.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
But Daniels urged controllers to be professional — and pleaded with them not to engage in any kind of coordinated job action, because that could prompt the Trump administration to try to decertify the union.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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“Job action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/job%20action. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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