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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
Staff at the University of Dundee are to be balloted on strike action following reports the institution could cut up to 700 jobs.
Staff at the University of Sheffield have voted to go on strike over "drastic" restructuring plans which aim to save £23m over two years.
Newsom rebuffed Hollywood unions when he rejected a bill that would have allowed workers to receive unemployment benefits when on strike.
The union has gone on strike twice since 2019.
In 2023, much of the U.S. entertainment business shut down for months as the Writers Guild of America and performers union SAG-AFTRA went on strike to demand better pay, working conditions and protections from AI.
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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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