walk off the/one's job
idiom
chiefly US, informal
: to stop working and go on strike
Teachers walked off the job today.
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Workers are set to walk off the job at Boeing’s defense factories at midnight, seven days after their previous contract expired.
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Seeking better pay and benefits, District Council 33 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees announced the strike early Tuesday, spurring nearly 10,000 blue-collar workers to walk off the job.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Should Aramark miss the deadline, the unionized workers will walk off the job during the three-game set this weekend.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 23 July 2025
Ambulatory nurses at the Duluth Clinic’s First, Second and Third Street buildings, the Superior Clinic, Miller Hill Surgery Center and Solvay Hospice House are set to walk off the job Tuesday.
—Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 4 July 2025
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Seeking better pay and benefits, District Council 33 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees announced the strike early Tuesday, spurring nearly 10,000 blue-collar workers to walk off the job.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Should Aramark miss the deadline, the unionized workers will walk off the job during the three-game set this weekend.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 23 July 2025
Ambulatory nurses at the Duluth Clinic’s First, Second and Third Street buildings, the Superior Clinic, Miller Hill Surgery Center and Solvay Hospice House are set to walk off the job Tuesday.
—Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 4 July 2025
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