sit-down strike
Stationary labor protest
A sit-down strike is a labor action where workers stop working but remain at their workstations, occupying the workplace rather than leaving.
The tactic prevents employers from bringing in replacement workers: The autoworkers staged a sit-down strike at the Flint plant.
The method gained prominence in the 1930s American labor movement.
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
- unionizationForming a labor collective
- union hallOrganized workers' headquarters
- bargaining tableWhere parties negotiate agreements
nonviolent resistance · direct action · civil disobedience · labor movement · picketing · workplace negotiations · solidarity · General Motors · assembly line · shop floor · labor rights · shutdown · floor · demonstration · grievance · standoff · management · labor
- protestdemonstration, walkout, picket, protest march, candlelight vigil
- labor actionswalkout, picket, picket line, picketing, work stoppage
- labor disputesstrikes, walkout, walkouts, labor disputes, labor dispute
- labor movementsgeneral strikes, labor strikes, picket lines, unionization, labor organizing
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, pickets, picket line
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
sit-down strikewalkout
Protest by leaving
general strike · lockout · work-to-rule · slowdown · sympathy strike
sit-down strikelockout
Employer-imposed work stoppage
business as usual · strikebreaking · back to work · return to work · labor peace
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