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Meanings of sit-down strike in English

Catalan
seguda
Spanish
encierro

A strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached.

        seguda
        Synonyms
        Examples for "sit-down"
        Examples for "sit-down"
        1
        A nice sit-down to talk about the good times in the Glade?
        The Death Cure
        2
        A nice sit-down to talk about the good times in the Glade?
        The Death Cure
        Usage of sit-down strike in English
        1
        The so-called issue was Murphy's handling of the General Motors sit-down strike in January 1937.
        American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
        2
        Once we roused the other match girls, we'd engage in a sit-down strike, if necessary.
        The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
        3
        They were not smart enough to pull a sit-down strike anywhere except plowing in the field.
        The Life of Me: An Autobiography
        4
        Then came the wave of sit-down strikes in the early months of 1937.
        The Tyranny Of Words
        5
        Most of the protesters were peaceful, although roads and rail lines leading to the centre of Cologne were blocked by demonstrators in sit-down strikes.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for sit-down strike
        Spanish
        encierro