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down tools (British & Australian)

to refuse to work, especially because you are not satisfied with your pay or working conditions Thousands of Krakow steelworkers downed tools to demand more pay.

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But Cockney Proud didn't down tools and came back to poke his head in front where it mattered most to beat Tyrur Kerill by a neck in 24. Cockney does fans proud with Romford strike by The Racing Post (London, England) Voice of the Mirror: Page 8 TROUBLE STRIKES More than 1,000 walk out at Wilton, Teesside 450 contractors strike at Stanlow oil refinery, Ellesmere Port 100 scaffolders down tools at Staythorpe and Ratcliffe, Notts Workers walk out at Drax and Eggborough in Yorkshire Walkout out at BP refinery, Hull Contractors out at Aberthaw power station, South Wales CAPTION(S): WORKERS' FURY Demo at Lindsey yesterday JOBS OFFER Total fired strikers BACK THE AXED; Hundreds walk out as 700 oil plant jobs cut by The Mirror (London, England) He added:"We will not be going to Celtic Park to down tools and have a jolly. Stewart warning to Celts by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			double-dipping double-talk doubt doubting Thomas doughnut dovetail with down and dirty down in the dumps down memory lane down on luck down South down the drain Down the hatch Down the hatch! down the line down the little red lane down the pike down the road down the street down the toilet down the tube down to a gnat 's eyebrow down to chili and beans down to the last detail down to the wire down tools down with a disease down-and-dirty down-at-heel down-home down-to-earth down-to-the-wire dozen draft draft for draft into drag drag away drag feet drag heels drag name through the mire drag over the coals dragged out dragoon into drain drain away drain from drain of drain off drain out drain out of			down the tubes Down the wind Down Tick Down Tick Volume Down Ticks Down Time Tracking Module down to down to a gnat 's eyebrow Down to Attack Down to Bomb down to chili and beans Down to Cuddle Down to Earth Down to Earth Down to Earth Products Down To Earth Software, Inc. Down to Fornicate Down to Frisbee Down to Hell Down to Kill Down to Make Out Down to Rage Down to Snuggle down to the last detail down to the wire down to the wire down to the wire down to the wire down tools Down Tower Assembly down town Down Town Anaheim Funk Down Town East Side Down Town Mafia Down Town Manhattan Down Track Fix Down Travel Limit Down tree down under down under Down Under Club of Winnipeg, Inc. Down Under Collection Deluxe Down Under Crew Down Under Dive Club Down Under Doppler and Electricity Experiment Down Under Fan Fund Down Under Guys Gear Down Under Horse Stables Down Under Native Orchids Down Under Out Yonder Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass Down Under Truckin' Down volume Down Wind

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