Walkout

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Walkout

The act in which all the employees of a company leave the workplace and refuse to work any longer that day. A walkout is a type of protest for better wages, benefits or other demands. It may be sustained (and therefore part of a strike) or it may be a one-off event.

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The Communication Workers Union will announce the result of a ballot of 120,000 of its members at the Royal Mail, with officials confident of achieving backing for nationwide walk-outs.

Postal strike looms

The walk-outs, the first in Ryanair's 32-year history, are being held by staff demanding an overhaul of the system of contracts and collective bargaining, which they say gives management too much power.

Ryanair to give just 2 days notice of strike-hit flights; 24-hour stoppage to spark travel chaos

With our guarantees that there will be no compulsory redundancies, no impact on safety and a full timetable in place during the walk-outs, these strikes will cost RMT members pay for no reason, and we urge the union to rejoin us around the negotiating table.

VirginTrains staff set to stage 24-hour walkout

And workers have threatened further walk-outs during December and January.

CHRISTMAS POST STRIKE; EXCLUSIVE: WALK-OUT TO CAUSE MASSIVE DISRUPTION

But the largest union insisted Coun Rudge was mistaken in his interpretation of the law and threatened further walk-outs in the run-up to the May local government elections.

More council strikes 'would break law'

5 per cent pay offer which was heavily rejected by postal workers and led to a series of national walk-outs over the summer which crippled postal services.