sympathy strike
a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
Origin of sympathy strike
1- Also called sympathetic strike.
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How to use sympathy strike in a sentence
He was on a sympathy strike, that's what the man in the candy store told us.
Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels | Percy Keese FitzhughHe was on a sympathy strike on account of the steel strikers.
Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels | Percy Keese FitzhughHe said it wasn't much of a sympathy strike, because nobody had any sympathy for him.
Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels | Percy Keese FitzhughToday, my stomach was very unhappy, and my head was on sympathy strike.
The Risk Profession | Donald Edwin Westlake
British Dictionary definitions for sympathy strike
a strike organized in support of another section of workers or a cause and not because of direct grievances: Also called: sympathetic strike
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