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Mike 03

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5. Exactly. I'd call it a strike or walkout. Customers boycott. Athletes are not customers.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Thu Aug 27, 2020, 08:56 AM

Aug 2020

These are the workers. It would be like if A-list actors walked off the set of a $100 million dollar movie. It's a big deal. Work can't happen without them.

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NBA players boycott? Why 'boycott' is not the correct term [View all] Celerity Aug 2020 OP

True, Ma'am --- They Are On Strike The Magistrate Aug 2020 #1

The Brewers are playing a double header luv2fly Aug 2020 #2

IS it finally time for a national wildcat strike? Zoonart Aug 2020 #3

... Celerity Aug 2020 #4

THIS! Zoonart Aug 2020 #6

Exactly. I'd call it a strike or walkout. Customers boycott. Athletes are not customers. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #5

The corporations need to wake up CrispyQ Aug 2020 #7