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job action

 
 
noun [C or U] HR

Definition

industrial action: A 24-hour job action was scheduled by union workers for Friday to protest against the company's plans to freeze wages.
(Definition of job action noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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