adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to such a protest.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
work-to-rule
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noun
Meaning 2
A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.
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History
Etymology
Deverbal from work to rule.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 按章工作 (ànzhānggōngzuò) — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Dutch: stiptheidsactie — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Dutch: modelactie — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Finnish: hidastuslakko — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Finnish: italialainen lakko — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- French: grève du zèle — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- German: Dienst nach Vorschrift — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Italian: sciopero bianco — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Norwegian Bokmål: dagsing — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Polish: strajk włoski — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out
- Spanish: huelga de celo — labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out