work stoppage
noun
the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
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Origin of work stoppage
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby work stoppage
work over, work projects administration, work rules, work song, work station, work stoppage, work through, work train, work up, work wonders, work-furlough
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