worker uprising
Employees seize power
A worker uprising is a collective revolt by laborers against employers, management, or the economic system itself.
The term suggests more than a strike—it implies confrontation, often with potential for violence or fundamental change: The factory conditions eventually sparked a worker uprising.
Historical worker uprisings have ranged from localized revolts to revolutionary movements that toppled governments.
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- general strikeCross-industry work refusal
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
labor · labor movement · picket · picket line · solidarity · workers unite · barricade · fists · chanting · march · raised fists · collective · union · shop floor · factory · rank and file · oppression · struggle
- 1848 RevolutionFebruary Revolution, provisional government, abdication, barricades, universal suffrage
worker uprisingcollective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
contract negotiation · mediation · diplomatic settlement · dialogue · union talks
worker uprisingstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
labor peace · social stability · company loyalty · business as usual · corporatism
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