: a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages) Note: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced …

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in …

if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, …

When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.

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1 day ago · As many as 21,000 unionized nurses working at private hospitals across New York City and Long Island could go on strike next week.

To knock is to strike, often with a tendency to displace the object struck; it also means to strike repeatedly: to knock someone down; to knock at a door. See also beat.

1. To start to play music or sing: The band suddenly struck up. To start to play or sing (something): The orchestra struck up a waltz. To cause to start to play or sing: Strike up the …

STRIKE definition: to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit. See examples of strike used in a sentence.

STRIKE meaning: 1 : to hit (someone or something) in a forceful way; 2 : to cause (something) to hit something in a forceful way