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  • noun Plural form of go-slow.

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Examples

  • To avoid what Lagosians euphemistically call "go-slows," some seek short-cuts by heading the wrong direction down one-way streets.

    Traffic Drives Nigerians Nuts, but a Trip to a Shrink May Go Too Far Will Connors 2011

  • Mr. Joyce said overtime bans and "go-slows" by engineers have reduced maintenance capacity by around 8%.

    Qantas Grounds Aircraft, Cuts Flights Amid Strikes Ross Kelly 2011

  • Government had not received any official notification of industrial action, including go-slows and work-to-rule.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • The "full-blown" strike starts on June 1, and until then unions intend to take part in work to rule and go-slows, lunchtime pickets and mass meetings.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Government had not received any official notification of industrial action, including go-slows and work-to-rule.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • It would initially consist of pickets and demonstrations during breaks but would later expand to go-slows in the major ports as well as mass marches.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Mghabi promised to make the country ungovernable with surprise blockades and go-slows.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Pickets and go-slows by petrol attendants had started in Gauteng and workers were being mobilised at national level in support of a

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Nupsaw chief negotiator Pedro van Wyk was responding to Ngcuka's statement that public prosecutors delivered essential services - making it illegal for them to embark on go-slows or strike action.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • He said Popcru leaders would explain to members and the public the necessity of the strike, a series of go-slows, lunch-hour picketing and demonstrations outside government buildings.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

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