blue flu
Officers call sick
Blue flu is a coordinated sick-out by police officers, who call in sick en masse to protest working conditions, contract disputes, or other grievances.
The term plays on the blue of police uniforms.
Since police typically cannot legally strike, the blue flu provides a work stoppage with plausible deniability: Half the force came down with blue flu after the mayor cut their benefits.
Coordinated worker absence protest
- job actionOrganized work stoppage
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- solidarityUnity among allies
- collective actionOrganized group pursuit
walkout · grievance · demonstration · civil disobedience · noncompliance · resistance · discontent · unrest
Paid absence for illness
- calloutPublic accusation or summons
- no-showOne who fails to appear
- staffing shortageInsufficient workforce for needs
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
skeleton crew · attendance · manpower shortage · service disruption · emergency response
Joining into one
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
labor dispute · contract dispute · industrial action · concession · compensation · benefits · lockout · overtime ban
sickout
Coordinated worker absence protest
- job actionOrganized work stoppage
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- solidarityUnity among allies
collective action · walkout · grievance · demonstration · civil disobedience · noncompliance · resistance · discontent · unrest · picketing
sick day
Paid absence for illness
- calloutPublic accusation or summons
- no-showOne who fails to appear
- staffing shortageInsufficient workforce for needs
understaffed · skeleton crew · attendance · manpower shortage · service disruption · emergency response
union
Joining into one
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · labor dispute · contract dispute · industrial action · concession · compensation · benefits · lockout · overtime ban · labor rights
- labor actionslabor strike, strike, strike vote, walkout, picket
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
- strikesgeneral strike, labor strike, wildcat strike, strike action, walkout
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, strike action, coal strike
blue flureturn to work
Resume employment after absence
picket line · lockout · collective bargaining · labor negotiation · wildcat strike
blue fluperfect attendance
Never missing a day
reporting for duty · active duty · on the job · business as usual · showing up
blue, flu, blues, blued, bluing, blueing, bluish, blueness, bluer