work stoppage
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of teachers in southeast Los Angeles County went on strike Thursday in the Little Lake City School District, marking the first teacher work stoppage in the district’s 150-year history.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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
The optics of a work stoppage are not good for anyone, Pereira said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
JBS began canceling cattle shipments and halting slaughter at the plant last week in preparation for a potential work stoppage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 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
