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Recent Examples of sick-out
Workers have even more leverage: Employees can circulate internal petitions calling on their CEOs to cut ties with ICE and organize collective actions like sick-outs.
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Eric Blanc, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Boomer also denied that the district’s accusation that employees in the department had organized a sick-out on Oct. 15.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2025
Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
The decision came less than a week after more than 100 teachers staged a sick-out, part of a citywide day of action by educators and staff regarding the payroll problems.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2024
Eric Blanc, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Boomer also denied that the district’s accusation that employees in the department had organized a sick-out on Oct. 15.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2025
Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
The decision came less than a week after more than 100 teachers staged a sick-out, part of a citywide day of action by educators and staff regarding the payroll problems.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick-out
Noun
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
Peoplemag,
22 Mar. 2023
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Kansas City businesses are reporting a mix of booming sales and unexpected slowdowns as FIFA World Cup fans flood the city.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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In theory, a resilient labor market could afford central bankers leeway to raise interest rates in an effort to dial back inflation, since elevated borrowing costs risk a hiring slowdown.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Maraga was detained and later released while staging a sit-in on a major road outside the national park’s main gate.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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Some staged a sit-in and refused to move into one of the new protest areas police set up using metal barriers and concrete blocks.—
Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Noun
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The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Organized job actions like strikes or sickouts are prohibited by federal law, but since air traffic control staffing is so tight, a small number of employees taking unscheduled time off can be enough to cause problems.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shrum said Becerra benefited from voters who feared a lockout and wanted to back the Democratic frontrunner.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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According to Post-Tribune archives, previous negotiations have stalled after USW leadership asked BP to end the lockout without requiring an acceptance of its March 17 contract proposal, a request that BP has declined.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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“Sick-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick-out. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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