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单词 job action
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Definition of job action in English:

job action

noun
North American
  • An organized protest by employees, especially in the form of a strike.

    flight attendants were taking part in a job action
    mass noun the next outbreak of job action could involve 24,000 taxation workers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Additional pickets and job actions are planned if a settlement is not reached, the union said.
    • Pickets begin job action outside BC Place in Vancouver on January 28.
    • Organizers, including the Service Employees International Union, say job actions were scheduled in about 160 cities.
    • The teachers' employer has initiated a partial lockout and a pay cut for teachers who participate in the job action.
    • NYPD are now on a go-slow job action refusing to carry out routine arrests.
    • His petition drive to outlaw such a job action gave voice to voters who were unhappy at having their transit system held hostage.
    • At its peak, the job action was estimated to be costing the Canadian economy about $885 million.
    • The protest is the latest in a series of job actions against harbor-area trucking firms.
    • The back-to-work legislation tabled Monday would impose fines of up to $400 a day on unionized truckers if they continue job action.
    • I think teachers in Victoria are willing to continue and escalate job action if that's what's required in order to get a fair deal.

Definition of job action in US English:

job action

noun
North American
  • An organized protest by employees, especially in the form of a strike.

    flight attendants were taking part in a job action
    mass noun the next outbreak of job action could involve 24,000 taxation workers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • NYPD are now on a go-slow job action refusing to carry out routine arrests.
    • The teachers' employer has initiated a partial lockout and a pay cut for teachers who participate in the job action.
    • His petition drive to outlaw such a job action gave voice to voters who were unhappy at having their transit system held hostage.
    • At its peak, the job action was estimated to be costing the Canadian economy about $885 million.
    • Organizers, including the Service Employees International Union, say job actions were scheduled in about 160 cities.
    • The back-to-work legislation tabled Monday would impose fines of up to $400 a day on unionized truckers if they continue job action.
    • Additional pickets and job actions are planned if a settlement is not reached, the union said.
    • I think teachers in Victoria are willing to continue and escalate job action if that's what's required in order to get a fair deal.
    • The protest is the latest in a series of job actions against harbor-area trucking firms.
    • Pickets begin job action outside BC Place in Vancouver on January 28.
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