The garbage piled up in the streets during the strike by the___workers.
The garbage piled up in the streets during the strike by the municipal workers.
The garbage piled up in the streets during the strike by the sanitation workers.
To find the missing word in the sentence, we need to look for clues in the sentence itself. The sentence mentions a strike, which suggests that there is a group of workers involved. To identify the workers, we can consider the context of the sentence. The term "garbage piled up in the streets" indicates that these workers are responsible for garbage collection or disposal.
Given these clues, we can conclude that the missing word is "garbage" workers or "sanitation" workers. These workers are typically responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage in a society or city.