walkout
Example Sentences
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This walkout completely shut down schools because it was impossible to keep campuses open without the vast majority of both teaching and non-teaching employees.
From Los Angeles Times
Once a strike date is set, it does not mean a walkout is inevitable.
From Los Angeles Times
The pilots' union called the second walkout in the space of a month after talks with management broke down.
From Barron's
It is the second such strike in a matter of weeks, after a walkout at the start of February paralysed public transport.
From Barron's
Teachers in Los Angeles, the country’s second-largest school district, have already voted to authorize a strike, empowering union leaders to call for a walkout later if a deal isn’t reached.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.