labor strike
C1067
concept
A labor strike is a collective work stoppage by employees, organized to pressure employers for improved wages, benefits, or working conditions.
Aliases (11)
- industrial dispute ×4
- strike ×2
- farm workers’ strike ×1
- general strike ×1
- postal strike ×1
- railroad strike ×1
- sit-down strike ×1
- textile workers strike ×1
- work stoppage ×1
- workers' protest ×1
- workers' strike ×1
Instances (23)
- Bread and Roses Strike
- Homestead Strike
- May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom ("general strike")
- Royal Indian Navy mutiny ("strike")
- Great Railroad Strike of 1877
- 1981 MLB strike ("work stoppage")
- Delano grape strike
- 1970 Polish protests ("workers' protest")
- Flint sit-down strike
- Pullman Strike
- Asturian miners' strike of 1934 ("workers' strike")
- miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ("industrial dispute")
- 1970 United States postal strike
- Memphis sanitation workers' strike