labor strike
Collective work refusal
A labor strike is a work stoppage by employees to pressure an employer—typically for better wages, working conditions, or union recognition.
Workers collectively refuse to perform their jobs until demands are met or a settlement is reached.
The factory shut down during the three-week labor strike.
Strikes may be called by unions or arise spontaneously as wildcat strikes.
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- work-to-ruleProtest through strict compliance
- walking outLeaving suddenly, often angrily
- scabDried blood crust
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
contract negotiations · fair wages · slowdown · boycott · arbitration · worker solidarity · blue collar · union · economic disruption · grievance procedure · unfair practices · signs · overtime · demands · hardhat · payday · shutdown · protest
- Factory Newsfactory fire, chemical leak, plant closure, groundbreaking, ribbon cutting
- protestdemonstration, walkout, picket, protest march, sit-in
- class struggleclass conflict, class warfare, class divide, class struggle, class consciousness
- economic protestconsumer boycott, picket, picket line, walkout, work stoppage
- Gilded AgeGilded Age, robber baron, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller
- labor actionswalkout, picket, picket line, picketing, work stoppage
labor strikeworking
In active function
full employment · business as usual · productivity · active labor · going to work
labor strikelockout
Employer-imposed work stoppage
employer lockout · plant closure · factory shutdown · layoff · union busting
labor strikelabor agreement
Negotiated employment terms
labor peace · return to work · union contract · business as usual · full employment
strike, labor, strikebreaker, general strike, sit-down strike