Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: Newsstands were empty for five days when the written press went on strike on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before their two-day Christmas holiday. Television and newspaper journalists have resorted to industrial action several times to demand the renewal of a collective bargaining charter nearly two years after it expired in 2005.

expired