Sentence examples for a day to protest from inspiring English sources

The week Wikipedia went dark for a day to protest against the proposed SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy legislation in the US, the site also got an official Android app for the first time.

Last week, 3500 workers at the Federal Nuclear Center in Sarov (Arzamas-16), 400 kilometers east of Moscow, struck for a day to protest months of unpaid wages.

And there are links to radio interviews in which he calls for Americans to withhold their taxes for a day to protest what he characterizes as the federal government's inability to secure the border.

Greek public-sector workers went on strike for a day to protest against the government's planned austerity measures.

Several thousand taxi drivers blocked traffic across the country for a second day to protest a government order to install new meters.

In the Israeli Parliament, opposition lawmakers carried on with a filibuster for a second day to protest proposed government budget cuts.

Thousands of demonstrators, who after a free pop concert Friday night returned for a second day to protest outside the court, booed and jeered when news of the prosecutor's speech was relayed to them.

Pensioners held scattered demonstrations for a third day to protest the government's replacement of Soviet-era social benefits with cash payments.

Several Michigan school districts are closed Tuesday as teachers called in sick or took a vacation day to protest proposed right-to-work legislation that pass the state legislature last week.

Opponents gathered by the bridge on a recent snowy day to protest the building, carrying signs declaring "Brooklyn Bridge Not for Sale".

Workers at DHL parcel service struck for a second day Friday to protest the company's decision to pull its international hub from Brussels because of a dispute over night flights over the capital, union officials said.