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11general strike — ➔ strike1 * * * general strike UK US noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► an occasion when many workers in a country, different industries, etc. strike (= refuse to work because they want more pay, etc.): »Unions have called a general strike, which is… …
12general strike — general strikes N COUNT A general strike is a situation where most or all of the workers in a country are on strike and are refusing to work …
13general strike — n. a strike by the workers in an entire industry or, esp., throughout an entire community or country …
14general strike — n a situation when most of the workers in a country refuse to work in order to protest about working conditions, wages etc …
15general strike — noun count a situation in which most or all the workers in a particular industry or country stop working in order to force their employers to provide better conditions or higher pay …
161842 General Strike — Also known as the Plug Plot Riots the strike started among the Staffordshire miners and soon spread through the country affecting factories, mills and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall. The strike was influenced by the Chartist… …
171926 United Kingdom general strike — The UK General Strike of 1926 was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the government to act to prevent …
181892 New Orleans general strike — The New Orleans general strike was a general strike in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, that began on November 8, 1892. Despite appeals to racial hatred, black and white workers remained united. The general strike ended on November 12,… …
191998 Puerto Rican general strike — The Puerto Rican general strike of 1998 began as a strike of Puerto Rico Telephone Company workers to protest a government privatization plan. Three weeks later, an estimated 500,000 people joined a two day general strike, bringing commerce and… …
20Philadelphia general strike (1910) — The General Strike of 1910 was a labor strike by trolley workers of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company that grew to a city wide riot and general strike in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The New York Times , February 21, 1910.… …
