work stoppage Meaning of "work stoppage"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

Usage(s):

  1. The work stoppage received almost no attention locally, let alone nationally.
  2. Goldman Sachs estimates that a Delphi work stoppage could shut down GM factories at a cost of $2 billion a month, causing GM to burn through its cash reserves at a deadly clip.
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