noun
Refers to employees collectively leaving their workplace as a form of protest or refusal to work, often in a labor dispute context.
労働組合は賃上げを求めて職場放棄を行った。
The labor union staged a walkout demanding a pay raise.
職場放棄は最終手段として考えられている。
A walkout is considered a last resort.
A general term for a strike, often used in broader contexts including labor and student protests. 職場放棄 specifically emphasizes the act of leaving the workplace.
Means 'abandonment' or 'renunciation' in general. 職場放棄 is a compound that narrows the meaning to workplace abandonment as a protest action.
Compound of 職場 (workplace) and 放棄 (abandonment).