sympathy strike
noun[C]
HR,WORKPLACEukusasituationwhereworkersstopworkingto showtheirsupportfor agroupofworkerswho are onstrike
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sympathy strike
In turn, the football team joined in asympathystrike.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thesympathystrikedemonstrated the enormous power of united action, yet resulted in a decisive government response to end the strike and destroy the union.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The railroad union voted to stop trains all over the country in asympathystrike.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Various professional associations supported the struggle and went on asympathystrike.
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Apparently, the gardeners were required to go out on asympathystrike.
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There was also the question of thesympathystrike.
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Here again, we cannot believe that thesympathystrikeis necessary.
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Unions bitterly resented the injunction; a few sympathy strikes shut down some railroads completely.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sympathy strikes may be undertaken by a union as an organization or by individual union members choosing not to cross a picket line.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sympathy strikes by tailors' and other unions quickly broke out.
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- unanimous support
- unanimous verdict
- unanimous view
- unanimous vote
- unannotated
- unannounced
- unannounced visit
- unanswerable
- unanswerable question
- unanswered
- unanticipated
- unanticipated event
- unapologetic
- unapologetically
- unapparent
- unappealing
- unappeased
- unappetizing
- unappreciated
- unappreciative
- unapproachable
- unappropriated
- unapproved
- unarguable
- unarmed