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sickout

The definition of a sickout is a group of people falsely calling in sick to work on the same day in order to force something to happen.

(noun)

An example of a sickout is a group of twenty nurses saying they're missing work because of the flu when they're hoping to get better medical insurance from the hospital.

See sickout in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

a joint action by a group of employees claiming illness and not reporting for work in order to force the granting of certain demands; esp., such an action by a group forbidden by law to strike

See sickout in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An organized job action in which employees absent themselves from work on the pretext of illness.

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