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on strike
Engaged in a work stoppage, as in The auto workers were on strike for the entire summer. The use of strike for a concerted labor stoppage undertaken to gain concessions from employers dates from the early 1800s. Today it is also used more loosely, as in Where washing dishes is concerned, Mom has announced that she's on strike. Also see go out, def. 4.
Example Sentences
My cheesesteak-shaped beagle used to go on strike during walks, but he’s improving thanks in part to Eldon’s tips.
Until then, though, SAG-AFTRA members will remain on strike.
Game actors went on strike in late July after contract talks broke down over AI.
“If we had to fight Indians or some common enemy,” one guardsman offered in a revelatory admission, “we might have some fun and excitement. But this idea of shooting down American citizens simply because they are on strike for what they consider their rights is a horse of another color. All of the boys are against it from first to last, and many are in sympathy with the strikers.”
Resident doctors in England are already being balloted on strike action over pay.
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