111 working to rule strike

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"The working-to-rule strike is “the literal carrying out of orders in a way calculated to retard production and reduce the employer’s profit margin.” 91 The workers remain at their jobs but meticulously observe all the rules and regulations of the union, employer, and the contract concerning how the work should be done, safety regulations, and so on, with the result that only a fraction of the normal output is produced. It is thus a variation of the slowdown strike under the technical excuse of doing the job extremely well."...

((Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (p. 295). Albert Einstein Institution. Kindle Edition.))

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