work stoppages
Organized employee walkouts
Work stoppages are interruptions of labor, typically referring to strikes by workers or lockouts by employers.
The term is more neutral than "strike," making it useful in contexts where the cause or blame isn't specified: The factory lost thousands of hours to work stoppages last year.
Work stoppages can also result from disputes, safety concerns, or protests.
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- wildcat strikeUnauthorized work stoppage
- sympathy strikeWalkout supporting other workers
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
- slowdownReduction in pace
walk off the job · strike · blue flu · sit-in · furlough · picket lines · picket line · sickout · layoffs · arbitration · industrial action · mediation · cooling-off period · labor disputes · unfair labor practices · general strike · union protest · employer retaliation
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- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
- Labor Politicslabor laws, labor movement, labor policy, unionization, labor disputes
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, strike action, coal strike
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
work stoppagesbusiness as usual
Continuation of normal routine
labor peace · working conditions · full employment · productivity