Walkout
Form of protest
In labor disputes, a walkout is a labor strike, the act of employees collectively leaving the workplace and withholding labor 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 as an expression of protest or disapproval.
A walkout can be seen as different from a strike in that a walkout can occur spontaneously, and need not necessarily involve all the workers present, whereas a strike is often voted on beforehand by the workers, giving notification both to all of the workers and to the company affected.
Walkouts have often been staged against the presence of a speaker or the content of an in-progress speech at a meeting. The protest, which is often a silent, non-violent means of expressing disapproval, is often interpreted as an exercise of the freedom of association while allowing the speaker to exercise the freedom of speech, albeit with a reduced audience in attendance.
01Notable walkouts
1968 East Los Angeles
These were a series of 1968 protests against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools, beginning on March 6.
2018 Google walkouts
The 2018 Google walkouts were a series of employee walkouts that occurred across Google offices on November 1, 2018.
2021 Netflix walkout
The 2021 Netflix walkout was a labor dispute involving a number of workers at American streaming and production company Netflix in late 2021.
The National School Walkout
The National School Walkout was a national student-led protest on April 20, 2018, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.
1986 COMELEC walkout
On 9 February 1986, a group of computer technicians walked out from their jobs at the tabulation center of the presidential election called by President Ferdinand Marcos, claiming they observed major anomalies in the election results being reported to the public.
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