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general strike

noun

  1. a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.


general strike

noun

  1. a strike by all or most of the workers of a country, province, city, etc, esp ( caps. ) such a strike that took place in Britain in 1926
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general strike

  1. A strike of all of the workers in a nation or area. General strikes are usually brief and designed to show the unity of the working class .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of general strike1

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
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Example Sentences

Among those leading a general strike are workers from Myanmar’s rapidly growing garment industry.

From Quartz

When that failed, a general strike followed, which temporarily shut down the oil industry.

When they meet again, Kramer is a union agitator preparing for a massive general strike that will be the story's dramatic apex.

And of course, the members were mostly coming from their jobs, never mind the “general strike.”

The idea of a general strike for the eight-hour day in May 1890, was abandoned in favor of a strike trade by trade.

The general strike of 1897 ended in the central competitive field after a twelve-weeks' struggle.

During the general strike of 1897 the United Mine Workers made a beginning in organizing the anthracite miners.

It was called for the purpose of discussing a general strike of shirt-waist workers in New York City.

A general strike involving all these men and women in the cloak making trade was declared on the 8th of July, 1910.

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