nationwide strike

collocation in English

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nationwide
adjective
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/ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/us
/ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/
existing or happening in all parts of a ...
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strike
noun[C]
uk
/straɪk/us
/straɪk/
a period of time when workers refuse to work because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or ...
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(Definition ofnationwideandstrikefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Meanwhile, labor organizations made plans for anationwidestrike.
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The union responded with anationwidestrikeof its members, which lasted eight months.
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The next week, federal troops were called out to force an end to thenationwidestrike.
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Anationwidestrike, including labour and private businesses, commenced in protest, demanding an end to the dictatorship.
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Thenationwidestrikewas bloodless and a tentative contract was achieved three weeks later.
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Thisnationwidestrikecalled when the union was hardly four years old.
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Anationwidestrikeby the air traffic controllers union in 1981 forced temporary flight restrictions but failed to shut down the airspace system.
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A month later, the railway-employees union, the largest union in the country, went on anationwidestrike.
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Thenationwidestrikethat paralyzed the country for ten days weakened the private enterprises and most of them decided to suspend their participation in less than two weeks.
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Long live thenationwidestrike!
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Nationwide strikes, "stayaways" and demonstrations earlier this year have led to confrontations with the security forces, violent incidents and arrests.
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That means nationwide strikes if necessary.
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Opposition parties conducted nationwide strikes and protests demanding her immediate resignation.
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