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• n  a strike in which the workers walk out
• n  the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest
  there was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak

• With their chapters threatening a walkout, the fraternity voted overwhelmingly to remain all-white.
• His earlier walkout during shooting "had a little psychological element to it.
• Selig and Budig did manage to stave off the Tuesday walkout by promising to hear Alomar's appeal on Thursday.

News & Articles

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• 400 S.J. County workers walk out as talks continue
  FRENCH CAMP - Hospital workers marched and chanted in front of San Joaquin General Hospital on Wednesday morning, part of a union walkout of about 400 workers at various government facilities in San Joaquin County.
  June 13, 2013 - The Stockton Record
• Strike over EU plan disrupts European flights
  PARIS — A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify the continent's patchwork airspace. Over 2,000 flights were canceled in France as more workers joined the second day of the strike, according to the civil aviation authority. The walkout ...
  June 12, 2013 - Boston Herald
• Metro bus drivers voting on whether to seek strike
  Walkout not close and may be illegal in Missouri.
  June 10, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Quotes

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• Penny Wong in The Age
  Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said it was a "walk out over process and form, not a walkout over substance".
• Jim McNerney in Bloomberg
  We are committed to working with union leaders and the federal mediator to reach a settlement, but we cannot sacrifice our long-term competitiveness for expedience in a short-term agreement to end the walkout,McNerney wrote.
• President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Manila Standard Today
  What happened yesterday was not an act of heroes. It was plain defiance of the rule of law-from the walkout in the courtroom to the forced entry into a prestigious hotel,Mrs. Arroyo said in a statement to celebrate National Heroes Day.