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You mean everyone quit together? That's called a strike.

A strike involves work stoppage, it's a very different tactic than mass resignation.

In 1999, Major League Umpires Association (MLUA) were not able to legally go strike so they opted to use mass resignation as their negotiation strategy. It backfired, cost 22 umpires their careers and led to decertification of the union.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Major_League_Umpires_Assoc...

I'm sticking with strike. "mass resignation and everyone loses their jobs" just doesn't have the same ring.

Ring or not, they're utterly different. Striking employees expect they will still have their jobs when the strike is over.

Better is suddenly all get sick on the same day - sorry boss must have been that dodgy curry i had last night ;-)

BA Cabin staff I believe did this in the UK

Sickouts are commonly illegal. Though it is usually impossible to punish the individuals for calling in sick, an organization that promotes it - such as union - may suffer consequences, and organizing such thing may be a firing offense.

Proving it might be hard though and any organizing woudl be probably done by the full timers ie Union officers not activists.

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