walkouts
Mass employee exits
Walkouts are acts of leaving as protest or refusal.
Workers stage a walkout when they leave their jobs collectively, often as a strike or demonstration: The teachers' walkout shut down schools across the district.
Students walk out of classes to protest policies.
Someone may walk out of a meeting, performance, or relationship when they've had enough: There were several walkouts during the controversial speech.
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
collective bargaining · unionize · grievance · lockout · scab · strikebreaker · wildcat strike · sympathy strike
Public display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
resistance · activism · placards · chanting · megaphone · banner · assembly · public outcry
Verbal clash over differences
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
conflict · protest · boycott · rift · friction · rebellion · discontent · noncompliance
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- talksSpeaks with others
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
impasse · breakdown · conciliation · compromise · leverage · demands · ultimatum · deadlock
Wholeness through cohesion
- collective actionOrganized group pursuit
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
brotherhood · sisterhood · cooperation · mutual aid · camaraderie · fellowship · alliance · togetherness
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
industrial action · collective bargaining · unionize · grievance · lockout · scab · strikebreaker · wildcat strike · sympathy strike · slowdown
demonstration
Public display of opinion
civil disobedience · resistance · activism · placards · chanting · megaphone · banner · assembly · public outcry · movement
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
dissent · conflict · protest · boycott · rift · friction · rebellion · discontent · noncompliance · disapproval
bargaining
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- talksSpeaks with others
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
stalemate · impasse · breakdown · conciliation · compromise · leverage · demands · ultimatum · deadlock · concession
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- collective actionOrganized group pursuit
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- supportTo uphold or sustain
comradeship · brotherhood · sisterhood · cooperation · mutual aid · camaraderie · fellowship · alliance · togetherness · common cause
- labor negotiationssalary talks, wage negotiations, wage disputes, collective bargaining, union demands
- labor strikespicket lines, strike action, coal strike, pickets, labor strike
- protest rightspeaceful assembly, right to protest, assembly rights, protest rights, free assembly
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- protestsprotest, demonstration, protest march, demonstrations, rallies
- conventionsconvention, conventions, delegates, conference, attendee
walkoutssit-ins
Stationary protest tactics
lock-ins · occupations · encampments · sit-down strikes · hunger strikes
walkoutsattendance
Record of who's present
staying put · participation · standing ovations · engagement · showing up