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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Some airports may also experience disruptions and delays, such as during the 2019 shutdown when air traffic controllers working without pay threatened to walk off the job—a move that helped end the shutdown. Nik Popli, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025 In the summer of 1884, the Knights of Labor began organizing restive Union Pacific workers, encouraging them to walk off the job. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 That’s why New York’s Taylor Law, on the books since 1967, gives public employees the right to unionize and bargain collectively — but explicitly prohibits strikes, with stiff and escalating penalties for those who walk off the job. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025 The union didn’t announce when employees there might walk off the job. Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for walk off the/one's job

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“Walk off the/one's job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk%20off%20the%2Fone%27s%20job. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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