go-slownoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈɡəʊ.sləʊ/us/ˈɡoʊ.sloʊ/UK US slowdownan occasion when employees work more slowly and with less effort than usual in order to try to persuade an employer to agree to higher pay or better working conditions
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Industrial action
- abstain
- blackleg
- cooling-off period
- demarcation dispute
- direct action
- lightning strike
- lock
- lock sb out
- lockout
- pay claim
- picket
- picket line
- strike
- strike pay
- strikebreaker
- sympathy
- walk
- walk out
- walkout
- wildcat strike
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