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Answer for the clue "Striking workers' tactic ", 7 letters:
walkout

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In labor disputes , a walkout is a labor strike , the act of employees collectively leaving the workplace as an act of protest. A walkout can also mean the act of leaving a place of work, school, a meeting, a company, or an organization, especially if meant ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a sudden stoppage of work; a strike 2 a similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a strike in which the workers walk out the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest; "there was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Students have staged several walkouts in protest of tuition increases. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A scattered, one-day walkout in 1994 cost the company $ 50 million. ▪ Although Hipp voiced optimism, airline and union officials ...

Usage examples of walkout.

There was finally such a hue and cry and actual mass walkouts from services that the Archbishop finally decided to fill the next Durham bishopric with me.