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Recent Examples of job action
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.
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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
The order also directed an investigation of the job action, which was a violation of the Taylor Law barring certain state employees from striking.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that nearly 2,400 mental health workers had launched their job action after Kaiser management had turned down proposals that the union said would stanch employee turnover and improve care.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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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
The order also directed an investigation of the job action, which was a violation of the Taylor Law barring certain state employees from striking.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that nearly 2,400 mental health workers had launched their job action after Kaiser management had turned down proposals that the union said would stanch employee turnover and improve care.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for job action
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
Peoplemag,
22 Mar. 2023
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In March 2023, UTLA staged a sympathy strike, joining the three-day walkout of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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The California Nurses Association said more than 23,000 of its members will participate in a one-day sympathy strike starting Wednesday at 6 a.m. and ending Thursday at 6 a.m.—
Catherine Ho,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the economic slowdown in China and ballooning public debt in the United States are in part due to the two powers’ aging populations.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Memory stocks — Shares built on Friday’s slight rebound in these names after a major sell-off in the stocks due to Google research that investors feared could preview a slowdown in chip demand.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Job action.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/job%20action. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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