Work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
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Examples for "strike "
Examples for "strike "
1 Alternatively; something said could strike the right note at the right time!
2 Public health doctors seem set to ballot for strike action over pay.
3 How much money has the South African economy lost through strike action?
4 The strike would continue until the government agreed to talks, he said.
5 The union said a strike would cost BA £40 million a day.
1 But it was not the barrier of riches that Robin Greve feared.
2 Eventually Justice Greve guillotined further blocking, and ruled in favour of Glaxco.
3 I should like you to be frank with me, Mr. Greve , please.
4 Two other couples were issued emergency licenses last week, Greve said.
5 Greve stood opposite the doctor in the centre of the library.
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 .
1 The centenary of a famous Belfast labour strike when Catholic and Protestant workers united briefly will be marked in Dublin tomorrow.
2 There is no greater way to capture the attention of the public, and the powers that be, than a general labour strike .
3 Commuters walk in front of an immobilised ferry boat during a 24-hour labour strike in the port of Piraeus near Athens October 18, 2012.
4 The singularity of this unequal division of labour struck me at once.
5 What to watch: -The tenor and frequency of student and labour strikes .
1 Public health doctors seem set to ballot for strike action over pay.
2 How much money has the South African economy lost through strike action ?
3 The vote for strike action had not been taken lightly, she said.
4 Workers will have to give employers 14 days' notice of strike action .
5 However, the strike action had a far bigger economic impact in 2014.
6 Workers at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant are increasing their strike action .
7 He said strike action was their only alternative after months of negotiations.
8 The main SNPL union has already extended strike action to Sept. 26.
9 Pay proposals rejected by Luas staff have led to further strike action .
10 The union agreed to defer strike action after the Labour Court intervened.
11 Unions are balloting on strike action over the state of the buildings.
12 However, this mass strike action could see the return of load shedding.
13 Their unions have decided to begin balloting for strike action next week.
14 Their union, SIPTU, threatens strike action if the scheme is introduced unilaterally.
15 The flotation plans could take place against a backdrop of strike action .
16 The big day of strike action was seen as an unqualified success.
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