rent strike
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rent strike
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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She and other residents of two mobile home parks unionised in May to stage Montana's first rent strike in 50 years, according to the fledgling, youth-filled local tenant union that helped them organise.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
She would work with Martin Luther King Jr. on his rent strike in Chicago and, her son reports, had a single magical meeting with Muhammad Ali.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Flores had attached a sign to the front with a message calling for a citywide rent strike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
Veritas is one of the largest landlords in San Francisco and owns most of the buildings where tenant associations have declared a rent strike.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
Yet all who have followed the recent rent strike on the East Side, know that the tenement houses there are in large part owned by men as poor as those who live in them.
From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Edmond Kelly
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