Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

job action

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables
job ac-tion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

job actions (plural)

Phrases

work-to-rule

Frequently Paired Words

strike work-to-rule

Synonyms

industrial action

Questions

What does job action mean?
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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