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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 walk-outs are due to continue every weekend until Sunday November 24.

TRAIN STRIKE MISERY

Within the industrial economy, workers in more "modern" sectors continued to be disproportionately represented in recent walk-outs; but for the first time ever, employees in the service sector surpassed industrial workers in militancy.

Social Change and Labor Unrest in Brazil since 1945

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

Unions will meet staff at the Middlesbrough depot next week and said further walk-outs were possible unless employer Royal Mail came to the negotiating table.

Mail faces new strike

The union said Royal Mail had improved its 2.5 per cent pay offer which had been rejected by postal workers and led to a series of national walk-outs.

Strikes set to disrupt postal services

There have been two nationwide walk-outs in recent weeks following talks which failed to break the deadlocked row.

Strikes stepped up

As well as an overtime ban, working to rule and refusing to cover sporting events, paramedics and technicians are expected to stage two three-hour walk-outs from 7am on February 9,16 and 23.

Late bid to stop walk-out

They will be joined by colleagues across the country when members of the GMB union launch the first of five 24-hour walk-outs on Monday.

Gas men ready for walk-outs

But FBU general secretary Andy Gilchrist told 5000 people at a rally in Glasgow yesterday that he expected there to be more walk-outs.

Prescott meeting to help end fire strike

Then Celtic contacted McGrain last week about boosting their profile after a handful of walk-outs since Tommy Burns left.

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No dates have been set but Unite the union warned that walk-outs could potentially take place in June.