labor protest
Employees demand change
A labor protest is a collective action by workers to express grievances or press demands against employers—through strikes, walkouts, picket lines, or demonstrations.
Labor protests typically target wages, working conditions, or employment practices: The labor protest shut down the factory for three days.
The term encompasses both organized union actions and spontaneous worker uprisings.
- Haymarket affair1886 Chicago labor riot
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- picket signsHandheld protest displays
- rallyGathering for a cause
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
work stoppage · march · bread and roses · unions · union hall · sit-in · workers · rank and file · shop steward · wildcat strike · right-to-work laws · work-to-rule · general strike · scab · solidarity · strike fund · wage theft · fair pay
- strikesgeneral strike, wildcat strike, strike action, walkout, work stoppage
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, walkout, walkouts, strike action
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, strike action, coal strike
labor protestlockout
Employer-imposed work stoppage
union busting · strikebreaking · layoffs · employer retaliation