walk off the/one's job

idiom

chiefly US, informal

: to stop working and go on strike

Teachers walked off the job today.

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Dockworkers at the Port of Savannah joined more than 40,000 others from Maine to Texas to walk off the job to strike. —

Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024 Here’s what to know The strike mirrors a similar — but much more devastating — situation developing in the U.S., where thousands of longshoremen are poised to walk off the job Tuesday. —

William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024 Tens of thousands of dockworkers are set to walk off the job Tuesday morning. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024 Reuters Some 45,000 union workers could walk off the job at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts on Oct. 1, cutting off vital trade arteries just weeks ahead of the nation's presidential election. —

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