right to strike
Workers' protest freedom
The right to strike is the legal protection allowing workers to collectively stop working as a form of protest or bargaining leverage.
Most democracies recognize it as fundamental to labor relations, though restrictions vary—some countries ban strikes by essential workers like police or hospital staff.
The union invoked its right to strike after negotiations stalled.
- picketPointed fence stake
- unionJoining into one
- trade unionWorkers' collective for negotiations
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
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- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- labor rightslabor laws, worker councils, fair wages, fair labor, workplace safety
- civil rightsequal protection, civil liberties, desegregation, freedom of religion, Montgomery bus boycott
right to strikecompulsory labor
Work required by law
forced labor · union busting · indentured servitude · strikebreaking · wage slavery
right to strikemandatory arbitration
Required private dispute settlement
binding arbitration · martial law · emergency powers · cooling-off period
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