sympathetic strike
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sympathetic strike
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Labor's reply was a sympathetic strike in Warren but after one day C. I. O. called it off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Talk among officials of soft coal miners' unions indicated that there might be a sympathetic strike in the soft coal mines to prevent the use of soft coal as a substitute fuel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Picket lines sprang up once more, and C.I.O. leaders threatened to call a sympathetic strike among aircraft plants in the five eastern States.
From Time Magazine Archive
Careful to explain that they "were not on a sympathetic strike," the Post-Intelligencer's typographical men simply refused to pass through the tough picket lines to & from work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Word was passed among us, and we resolved to initiate a sympathetic strike beginning with our next meal.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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