on strike

Idioms  

1. Engaged in a work stoppage, as in The auto workers were on strike for the entire summer. The use of strike for a concerted labor stoppage undertaken to gain concessions from employers dates from the early 1800s. Today it is also used more loosely, as in Where washing dishes is concerned, Mom has announced that she's on strike. Also see go out, def. 4.

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Example Sentences

Cameroon's Anglophone crisis began in 2016 when lawyers and teachers went on strike over the use of French in courts and schools.

From BBC

When the Writers Guild of America went on strike two years ago, he thought, “If I don’t write a novel now, I never will.”

From Los Angeles Times

In fact, it was at the other end of the pitch where Newcastle had issues at the start of the campaign as they began life without Alexander Isak, who went on strike in an effort to force through a £125m move to Liverpool.

From BBC

From the non-striker's end he watched two wickets, failed to get on strike, then drilled the first ball of Madushanka's final over into the hands of cover.

From BBC

It is the issue that prompted players to go on strike in 1994, leading to the cancellation of the World Series.

From The Wall Street Journal