miners' strike
Colliery labor protest
A miners' strike is a work stoppage by coal miners or other mining workers, typically to demand better wages, safety conditions, or union recognition.
The term often evokes major labor confrontations—the British miners' strike of 1984–85, or earlier American coal strikes—that became defining battles between organized labor and government or industry.
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- scabDried blood crust
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