work stoppage

work stoppage
    n 1: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad
         work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month
         before it was settled" [syn: {strike}, {work stoppage}]
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "work stoppage":
      arrest, bell, boycott, boycottage, check, checkmate, cutoff,
      dead stop, deadlock, end, endgame, ending, final whistle,
      full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, job action, lockout,
      outlaw strike, revolt, rulebook slowdown, sick-in, sit-down,
      sit-down strike, slowdown, stalemate, stand, standoff, standstill,
      stay, stop, stoppage, strike, sympathy strike, tie-up, turnout,
      walkout, wildcat strike