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
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Longshoremen decided to join the protest, held a token strike for six hours.
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A fortnight ago, the players put on a token strike.
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