词汇 | strike-action |
释义 | strike action noun[ U ] HR, WORKPLACEukus a situation in which a group of workers refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.: White-collar workers are expected to announce strike action today after a breakdown in talks to resolve a pay dispute. The opening of the new terminal went smoothly yesterday despite strike action by railway unions. In the ballot, 63% voted in favour of strike action. threaten/take/call off strike actionSenior executives backtracked on plans to suspend bonuses after unions threatened strike action. vote for/ballot for/consider strike actionCabin crews will ballot for strike action tomorrow. strike action over/against sthWorkers at the hospital have entered their second day of strike action over pay. Examples of strike actionstrike action A national movement gradually developed which led to strikeaction being recommended in 1912. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It held that strikeaction amounted to an unlawful and criminal conspiracy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Across the six days of strikeaction by the unions a number of teachers, students and parents protested at the school gates. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Delays and interruptions, including strikeaction which was timed to coincide with concrete pours, led to a cost blow-out. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If, for example, employees refuse to work because they have a demand against a union, that will not amount to strikeaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The meeting put forward a series of demands that were accepted by the government and strikeaction was averted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Evidence is seen in a press conference held by union executives days before the strikeaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the nineteenth century, a belief in the iron law of wages led some socialists to reject trade unionism and strikeaction as ineffective. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It held that, at common law, unions could be liable for loss of profits to employers that were caused by taking strikeaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Workers exercise collective power primarily through the mechanism of strikeaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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