general strike
a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
Origin of general strike
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How to use general strike in a sentence
When that failed, a general strike followed, which temporarily shut down the oil industry.
When they meet again, Kramer is a union agitator preparing for a massive general strike that will be the story's dramatic apex.
The Novel Fox News Doesn’t Want You to Read: Ernest Poole’s ‘The Harbor’ | John Stoehr | August 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd of course, the members were mostly coming from their jobs, never mind the “general strike.”
Occupy Wall Street’s May Day Strike: a March for Relevance | Harry Siegel | May 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe idea of a general strike for the eight-hour day in May 1890, was abandoned in favor of a strike trade by trade.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanThe general strike of 1897 ended in the central competitive field after a twelve-weeks' struggle.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig Perlman
During the general strike of 1897 the United Mine Workers made a beginning in organizing the anthracite miners.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanIt was called for the purpose of discussing a general strike of shirt-waist workers in New York City.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith WyattA general strike involving all these men and women in the cloak making trade was declared on the 8th of July, 1910.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
British Dictionary definitions for general strike
a strike by all or most of the workers of a country, province, city, etc, esp (caps.) such a strike that took place in Britain in 1926
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Cultural definitions for general strike
A strike of all of the workers in a nation or area. General strikes are usually brief and designed to show the unity of the working class.
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