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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Her dismissal provided the spark for hundreds of workers at the factory to walk off the job, according to the WRC report and Gulel.
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Scott McLean, CNN, 26 June 2024
Miners, longshoremen, air traffic controllers, students, and public employees repeatedly shut down operations, leave classrooms, and walk off the job.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2017
The strike saw employees of Germany's aviation and rail industry walk off the job, the latest in a series of labor disputes that have befallen countries across Europe.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 8 Mar. 2024
Service Employees International Union said dozens of workers from ABM, a provider of airline and aviation services, made the decision to walk off the job after making the threat on Wednesday.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
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Scott McLean, CNN, 26 June 2024
Miners, longshoremen, air traffic controllers, students, and public employees repeatedly shut down operations, leave classrooms, and walk off the job.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2017
The strike saw employees of Germany's aviation and rail industry walk off the job, the latest in a series of labor disputes that have befallen countries across Europe.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 8 Mar. 2024
Service Employees International Union said dozens of workers from ABM, a provider of airline and aviation services, made the decision to walk off the job after making the threat on Wednesday.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
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