sickout
Example Sentences
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Jinkins was supportive of the staffers’ sickout, she said, since they don’t have the ability to lobby and other ways to express their thoughts.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022
They recruited some students with large social media followings to share the petition online, and by Thursday, the first day of the student sickout, the petition had more than 1,200 names.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022
In Oakland, where Bacigalupi lives, schools did not reopen until August 2021, and a teacher sickout protesting conditions closed them for one day last week.
From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2022
The teachers union, Oakland Education Assn., did not sanction or become involved in the sickout.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2022
More than 700 people have signed an online petition calling for a "sickout" Thursday.
From Fox News • Jan. 6, 2022
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