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Engaging in go-slow as part of an industrial dispute. / A general policy of caution and taking one's time in making decisions, in industrial disputes.

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ca' canny

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ca' canny

Noun

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Japanese Meaning

産業争議の一環として、意図的に作業を遅らせる行為 / 産業争議に際し、慎重に時間をかけて決断する方針・戦術

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During the strike, several departments staged a ca' canny to reduce output without calling a full walkout.

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ストライキ中、いくつかの部署は全面的なストライキを行うことなく生産量を減らすゴー・スローを仕掛けた。

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Engaging in go-slow as part of an industrial dispute.

It was almost ridiculous to watch the amazement of the ordinary man when he saw how rapidly women learned men's jobs, and how, by their patriotic zeal and entire innocence of the trade union practice of ca' canny, their output frequently exceeded, and exceeded largely, the output of men working the same machinery for the same number of hours.

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