サボタージュ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown

Labor tactic where workers deliberately reduce productivity or strictly follow rules to disrupt operations, without a full strike.

from French sabotage

• 組くみ合あいは賃ちん上あげを求もとめてサボタージュを行おこなった。

  The union carried out a work-to-rule to demand a wage increase.

• サボタージュ戦せん術じゅつで生せい産さんが大おお幅はばに落おちた。

  Production dropped sharply due to the slowdown tactic.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

slacking off; playing hooky; skipping out

Informal, derived from サボる; refers to avoiding work or school without permission, not necessarily a collective labor action.

See also: サボる

• 彼かれはよく学がっ校こうをサボタージュする。

  He often plays hooky from school.

• 仕し事ごとをサボタージュして映えい画がに行いった。

  I slacked off work and went to a movie.