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on strike
Idioms and Phrases
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
A ballot asking whether staff would consider going on strike is running until 20 May.
The BMA has not yet formally consulted its members on taking the dispute further, such as going on strike.
Construction was delayed again in 1937 when workers went on strike for six weeks.
“We always have difficult negotiations with these companies. ... We’ve gotten very close to going on strike many times, ending or reaching a deal minutes or hours before a deadline — or after,” Finn said.
“In the long run the state does benefit. We don’t want people to go on strike. Sometimes, it’s needed, but for the most part, if mediation is able to help get a good resolution, we prefer that,” Gonzalez said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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