go-slow

(gō′slō′)

adj. Informal

Deliberate and careful, as in behavior or viewpoint: "a go-slow effort to maintain a sense of continuity and order" (Christian Science Monitor).

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go-slow

(Industrial Relations & HR Terms)

a. a deliberate slackening of the rate of production by organized labour as a tactic in industrial conflict

b. (as modifier): go-slow tactics.

(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (intr) to work deliberately slowly as a tactic in industrial conflict

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Noun

go-slow - a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers

job action - a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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go-slow

[ˈgəʊˈsləʊ]

A. N (Brit) (Ind) → huelga f de brazos caídos

B. VI → hacer huelga de celo; (strictly) → trabajar con arreglo a las bases

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go-slow

n (Brit) → Bummelstreik m

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go-slow

[ˌgəʊˈsləʊ] n (Brit) → sciopero bianco

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He stressed that he was slow because 'I simply like to think before I act.' The Economist said then that 'Yar'Adua's nickname, Baba Go-Slow, compared his sluggish pace of governance to the grinding traffic jams of Lagos, Nigeria's financial capital.' Today's Baba Go Slow, President Muhammadu Buhari, like the late Yar'Adua, is also from Katsina State.

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BY REBECCA BLACK A SINN Fein MLA has hit out at the pace of political talks to revive Stormont claiming they have gone into "go-slow" mode.

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PESHAWAR -- Some MPAs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have registered their complaints with the Chief Minister Mahmood Khan against go-slow behaviour of their own provincial ministers and officers and warned that if their grievances and issues were not addressed they would stage protest in front of their own party's minister and officials.

PTI MPAs decry go-slow attitude of K-P ministers

BIRMINGHAM black cab drivers will stage daily go-slow protests "for the foreseeable future" after claiming the council scrapped Clean Air Zone peace talks.

Taxi 'go-slows' to return every day as peace talks with city 'cancelled'

Black cab drivers have halted go-slow protests in order to have peace talks with a city council over the Clean Air Zone.

Cabbies halt protest for peace talks

A GO-SLOW protest over Brexit on the A55 and A483 caused minimal disruption for motorists when only a handful of vehicles turned up.

'EMBARRASSING AND POINTLESS'

There was minimal disruption for motorists on the A55 and A483 when a go-slow Brexit protest took place - but only a handful of vehicles showed.

Brexit go-slow protest on A55 branded 'embarrassing' when only a few vehicles turn up; There was minimal disruption for motorists

DRIVERS protesting at the Brexit delay will pass Huddersfield in an M62 go-slow drive on Saturday.

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figure By STANLEY NGOTHO Cash-starved State corporation the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) has sacked over 80 workers at its Athi River-based factory's production department for allegedly participating in a go-slow over the past two days.The workers were issued with interdiction letters on Wednesday and blocked from accessing the company by a contingent of armed police officers.

KMC sacks 80 Athi River factory workers on go-slow

BRITAIN'S biggest estate agent has issued its second profit warning this year after being hammered by the go-slow housing market.