token strike
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To show they meant business, they ordered a token strike in three terminals and two feeder railroads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Longshoremen decided to join the protest, held a token strike for six hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sixteen members of the confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions who, for one reason or another, had refused to observe a nationwide one-day "token strike" were sentenced to social ostracism in their own plants.
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A fortnight ago, the players put on a token strike.
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