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WORK STOPPAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
Example:
the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled
Synonyms:
strike; work stoppage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("work stoppage" is a kind of...):
job action (a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "work stoppage"):
sit-down; sit-down strike (a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached)
sympathetic strike; sympathy strike (a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer)
walkout (a strike in which the workers walk out)
wildcat strike (a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union)
