walk off the job

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walk off the job

1. Fig. to abandon a job abruptly. I was so mad I almost walked off the job. Fred almost walked off the job when he saw how bad things were.

2. Fig. to go on strike at a workplace. The workers walked off the job and refused to negotiate. They walked off the job and called a strike.

See also: job, walk

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Hundreds of ships are expected to remain anchored at the ports of Pireaus near Athens and in the northern port city of Thessaloniki while bank and hospital workers will also walk off the job. Greek strike forces CY to cancel flights to Athens by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus) Byline: Art Marroquin Staff Writer West Coast dockworkers plan to walk off the job Thursday to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though the action doesn't have the formal support of their employers or the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. DOCKWORKERS' WALKOUT TO PROTEST U.S. IN WARS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Management and workers agreed to form a group to come up with ways to divide the 35-hour work week mandated by French law, the key issue that workers said forced them to walk off the job. Club Med strike ends by Caribbean Update			wake from wake the dead wake to wake up wake up and smell the coffee Wake up and smell the coffee! wake up to walk walk a thin line walk a tightrope walk across walk ahead of walk all over walk along walk and chew gum walk around walk away from walk away with walk back walk down walk feet off walk in walk in on walk into walk off walk off the job walk off with walk on walk on air walk on eggs walk on eggshells walk on stage and off again walk out walk out on walk out with walk over walk over to walk right in walk right up walk soft walk tall walk the floor walk the plank walk the walk walk through walk together walk up walk up to walk with walking wall			Walk in New Directions walk in on walk in on Walk in Robe walk in single file Walk in the Woods Walk in Walk Out Walk In, Lay Down Walk Ins Walk Ins Walk Ins walk into walk into Walk It Out Walk Like Jesus Walked walk Matilda walk Matilda walk of life walk of life Walk of shame walk off walk off walk off walk off walk off walk off Walk Off Grand Slam Walk Off Mat Walk Off the Earth walk off the end of walk off the job walk off their feet walk off their feet walk off their feet walk off with walk off with walk off with walk off with something Walk Offs Walk Offs Walk Offs Walk On Walk On walk on air walk on air walk on air walk on air walk on air walk on eggs walk on eggshells walk on stage and off again Walk on the moon walk on thin ice Walk on Walls Walk Our Way walk out walk out walk out walk out walk out walk out

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