death notice
n.— «So now, at the local level, it’s down to meeting and planning on how to shut down plants if needed. Friday afternoon, union members met at UAW Local 652’s Hall. “After the meeting, we’re on what’s called death notice,” Sherwood says. Waiting, he says, for a call that could come around 10 p.m.» —“Unions Prepare to Strike” by Lori Dougovito WILX-TV (Lansing, Michigan) Sept. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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