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work stoppage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun work stoppage has 1 sense
- work stoppage(n = noun.act) strike - a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" is a kind of job action
has particulars: sit-down, sit-down strike, sympathetic strike, sympathy strike, walkout, wildcat strike
THESAURUS
work stoppage
arrest, bell, boycott, boycottage, check, checkmate, cutoff, dead stop, deadlock, end, endgame, ending, final whistle, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, job action, lockout, outlaw strike, revolt, rulebook slowdown, sick-in, sit-down, sit-down strike, slowdown, stalemate, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, strike, sympathy strike, tie-up, turnout, walkout, wildcat strike
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