▁T ired ▁of ▁waiting ▁for ▁parliament ▁to ▁act ▁on ▁their ▁dem ands , ▁rail road ▁workers ▁walked ▁off ▁their ▁jobs ▁all ▁across ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁French ▁government ▁respond ed ▁by ▁draft ing ▁the ▁strik ers ▁into ▁the ▁army ▁and ▁then ▁ordering ▁them ▁back ▁to ▁work . ▁Und a unted , ▁the ▁workers ▁carried ▁their ▁strike ▁to ▁the ▁job . ▁Sud den ly , ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁seem ▁to ▁do ▁anything ▁right . ▁Per ish ables ▁sat ▁for ▁weeks , ▁sid et rack ed ▁and ▁forgotten . ▁Fre ight ▁bound ▁for ▁Paris ▁was ▁mis direct ed ▁to ▁Lyon ▁or ▁Marse ille ▁instead . ▁This ▁t actic ▁— ▁the ▁French ▁called ▁it ▁" s ab ot age " ▁— ▁won ▁the ▁strik ers ▁their ▁dem ands ▁and ▁im pressed ▁Bill ▁Hay wood . J im th or , ▁St able w ars , ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁I W W , ▁sab ot age ' s ▁meaning ▁expanded ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁original ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁term : ▁any ▁withdraw al ▁of ▁efficiency , ▁including ▁the ▁slow down , ▁the ▁strike , ▁working ▁to ▁rule , ▁or ▁cre ative ▁b ung ling ▁of ▁job ▁assign ments . ▁▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁severe ▁examples ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁construction ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁Robert - B our assa ▁Gener ating ▁Station ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁in ▁Québec , ▁Canada , ▁when ▁workers ▁used ▁bul ld oz ers ▁to ▁to pp le ▁electric ▁gener ators , ▁dam aged ▁fuel ▁t