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Old 09-18-2012, 01:07 PM   #124
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Originally Posted by EddyBeers View Post
Not if you even knew what colloquialism even is. In informal conversation, when most people hear "work stoppage" they think that a union is taking action. They usually do not think that it means that the employers are preventing the workers from working. I am pretty sure anyone with an IQ over 50 would understand that.
I am quite certain that a union hack like yourself would hold to the dictionary definition, yes. Most people, I think, would consider "work stoppage" to be interchangeable with either a strike or lockout.
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