work stoppage
noun
: concerted cessation of work by a group of employees usually more spontaneous and less serious than a strike
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While rank-and-file writers populated the picket lines and eventually voted through the strike-ending contract, much of the sturm und drang of that work stoppage was also facilitated by the work of internal union staffers in member organizing and legal departments (among others).
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Both Rob Manfred and Tony Clark spent much of the offseason foreshadowing a potential work stoppage.
—Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The unionized Colorado location, in Sloans Lake, voted on February 5 and 6 to greenlight the potential work stoppage, and officially authorized their own strike on February 11.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
In the year documented in the filing, the Writers Guild of America went on a 148-day strike beginning in May, while SAG-AFTRA’s members went on their own 118-day work stoppage beginning in July.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Both Rob Manfred and Tony Clark spent much of the offseason foreshadowing a potential work stoppage.
—Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The unionized Colorado location, in Sloans Lake, voted on February 5 and 6 to greenlight the potential work stoppage, and officially authorized their own strike on February 11.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
In the year documented in the filing, the Writers Guild of America went on a 148-day strike beginning in May, while SAG-AFTRA’s members went on their own 118-day work stoppage beginning in July.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Work stoppage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20stoppage. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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