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blue flu
noun
an organised work stoppage in which all the affected workers call in sick the same day US, 1967- More than 1,200 of Cleveland’s 1,500 police officers called in sick with “blue flu” yesterday in a contract dispute and Mayor Dennis J. Kucinich sent his new police chief, Richard Hongisto, out to help patrol the streets. — Washington Post, p. A15, 16 December 1977
- Christchurch police say they are threatening to take blue flu. — Dominion, p. 3, 16 February 1990
- Too, docents at the center voted two weeks ago to take sick leave, in reaction to Bolton’s termination. In the world of the public employee, that’s called blue flu. — Rocky Mountain News (Denver), p. 4D, 13 March 2004
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