work stoppage
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The work stoppage imperils GM’s heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, as the automaker has limited axle stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
A Samsung strike "would almost certainly have been the biggest work stoppage in the history of the global semiconductor industry", South Korean writer and researcher Kap Seol said in an article for US magazine Jacobin.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
The NFL is taking proactive steps to limit the possibility of a work stoppage involving the referees’ union, but could the league’s plans backfire?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
The new rule, which would be put in place if there’s a work stoppage, would allow the officiating department in New York to step in and correct obvious errors made by replacements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
