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

But it was just last summer that Newcastle - eventually - buckled and sold top scorer Alexander Isak to Liverpool for a British-record £125m after he went "on strike" to force through a move to Anfield.

From BBC

The ballot, which runs from 31 March to 5 May, comes after staff at the university walked out on strike in November over job losses, staff workload and welfare.

From BBC

Especially in Hollywood, where two guilds recently went on strike in part to protect their members from its perceived threat.

From Los Angeles Times

Hundreds of transport workers in the Philippines' capital Manila have gone on strike over rising fuel costs.

From BBC

He added, however, that he understood why drivers had gone on strike.

From BBC