Meaning of stop-work | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A temporary cessation of work.
   Australia, New-Zealand, attributive, usually
2. Temporary cessation of labor as a form of protest.
   Australia, New-Zealand, attributive, usually
3. Causing work to cease temporarily for administrative reasons such as safety concerns or legal action.
   Canada, US, attributive, usually

Examples

“a stop-work meeting”

“41. No stop-work meeting shall be held at the mine without the permission of the manager.”

“MORE than 4000 NZ Post⟳ workers will begin⟳ a series of nationwide stop-work meetings today to discuss⟳ what their union has said is privatisation by the back door.”

“Train⟳ drivers across Adelaide will walk⟳ off the job today to attend⟳ a stop-work meeting about their enterprise bargaining negotiations.”

“Workers at Cleanaway do not make⟳ the decision to take⟳ stop⟳ work⟳ action lightly and are aware of the unfortunate impact this will have⟳ on the community.”

“State schools will be closed until 10.30am on Wednesday due to a decision by the Australian Education Union to call⟳ a two-hour stop-work meeting involving both teachers and teacher assistants.”

“a stop-work order⟳.”

“The Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of Interior has appealed to the War Production Board⟳ for reconsideration of the stop-work order⟳ of December 12, 1942, on the Newton project, Cache County, Utah”

“[Mayor Mark⟳] Morial issued a stop-work order⟳ to suspend the razing of the building”

“The stop-work order⟳, Saxon said, was an attempt⟳ to "pretty much get⟳ this resolved, to get⟳ it done." Decatur officials have⟳ said the main issue⟳ in the dispute is safety, primarily making the county comply with its stricter fire safety codes.”

“The inquest into the death of Michael Welsh at the Mount⟳ Lyell mine in 2014 heard the mine manager, Jared DeRoss, had made the stop⟳ work⟳ order⟳ during the management meeting held daily at 7:15am.”

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