walkout
Example Sentences
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Organizers said that whereas protests demonstrate collective anger, walkouts demonstrate collective power.
From Los Angeles Times
The University of Edinburgh is in the middle of a £140m programme of cuts, which has led to a series of staff walkouts since June last year.
From BBC
The number of striking guild members had also shrunk from about 60 when the walkout began, as many had to find other jobs under the financial strain of being out of work for so long.
From MarketWatch
It's exactly a year since bin workers in Birmingham staged their first walkout and according to unions there is no end in sight.
From BBC
A nationwide strike by Canada Post carriers that disrupted deliveries during the month also weighed, as a walkout that began in late September shifted to rotating strikes Oct.
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