Search Result for "work stoppage":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions;
- Example: "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"
[syn: strike, work stoppage]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

work stoppage n 1: 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" [syn: strike, work stoppage]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "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