Work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
1 I did it instinctively, perhaps as a protest, a small labor strike .
2 The customary chronology records the first American labor strike in 1741.
3 Tender-hearted Socialism has made the labor strike a crime in Russia.
4 The company blames a 58-day labor strike by IAM members for part of the delay.
5 The Gresik smelter was forced to halt operations on Jan. 19 because of a labor strike .
6 McCarthy declined to say if the sick calls were an orchestrated work action similar to a labor strike .
7 One of the scripts that he wrote, Shada, was never completed due to a labor strike and was left unfinished until now.
8 The appointment would be at ten a.m. Woltz had gotten the message about the possible labor strike but hadn't seemed too impressed, Goff said.
9 The New Yorker, May 14, 1955 P. 153 The writer's grandfather relates a story about a labor strike in Rochester in 1829.
10 The 787 development program has been delayed seven times due to challenges with engineering, supply chain glitches and a 58-day labor strike in 2008.
11 The labor strikes in Europe and America were broken or settled.
12 There were labor strikes in some towns for higher wages after periods of inflation.
13 The battle over healthcare has been heated throughout the campaign, with Labor striking first.
14 In 2008, labor strikes broke out in north Egypt and became more frequent since then.
15 The takeover followed months of periodic labor strikes and frequent disputes between management and union leaders.
16 Ssangyong Motor was itself hit by almost two months of labor strikes last year, crippling its production.
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