walkout
Mass exit protest
A walkout is an act of leaving as protest or refusal to continue.
Workers stage a walkout when they leave their jobs collectively, usually over labor disputes: The union called a walkout after negotiations stalled.
Students or delegates may walk out of meetings or assemblies to signal objection.
As a verb phrase, to walk out is to leave abruptly: She walked out in the middle of the argument.
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- unionJoining into one
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
workforce · industrial action · wages · negotiations · contract · dispute · lockout · grievance
Public display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- activismDirect effort for reform
civil disobedience · placard · chant · petition · occupy · resistance · banner · megaphone
Way to leave
- leaveSanctioned time away
- abandonLeave behind permanently
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
evacuation · exodus · absence · disappearance · desert · quit · resignation · dramatic exit
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
collective bargaining · workforce · industrial action · wages · negotiations · contract · dispute · lockout · grievance · arbitration
demonstration
Public display of opinion
activism · civil disobedience · placard · chant · petition · occupy · resistance · banner · megaphone · sit-in
exit
Way to leave
retreat · evacuation · exodus · absence · disappearance · desert · quit · resignation · dramatic exit · door slam
stage
Raised performance platform
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- performanceCarrying out a task
actor · actress · director · curtain · rehearsal · scene · dramatic · ensemble · backstage · standing ovation
- labor strikespicket lines, strike action, coal strike, pickets, labor strike
- union actionsstrike vote, union election, union vote, picket, general strike
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- laborlabor, labor union, work, labor force, laborers
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
walkoutreturn to work
Resume employment after absence
stay · walk-in · sit-in · showing up · attendance
walkoutcooperation
Joint action toward shared aims
return to work · collaboration · compliance · settlement · reconciliation
walkoutsit-in
Protest by remaining seated
occupation · lock-in · hunger strike · vigil · blockade