a general strike

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• general strike — ➔ strike1 * * * general strike UK US noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► an occasion when many workers in a country, different industries, etc. strike (= refuse to work because they want more pay, etc.): »Unions have called a general strike, which is… …   Financial and business terms

• general strike — see strike Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• general strike — general strikes N COUNT A general strike is a situation where most or all of the workers in a country are on strike and are refusing to work …   English dictionary

• general strike — ► NOUN ▪ a strike of workers in all or most industries …   English terms dictionary

• general strike — n. a strike by the workers in an entire industry or, esp., throughout an entire community or country …   English World dictionary

• general strike — n a situation when most of the workers in a country refuse to work in order to protest about working conditions, wages etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• general strike — noun count a situation in which most or all the workers in a particular industry or country stop working in order to force their employers to provide better conditions or higher pay …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• General strike — A general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or class… …   Wikipedia

• general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country. [1800 10, Amer.] * * * Stoppage of work by a substantial proportion of workers in each of a number of industries in an organized effort to achieve… …   Universalium

• General Strike of 1919 — There were several noteworthy general strikes in 1919:*Seattle General Strike of 1919 in Seattle *General Strike of 1919 in Spain *Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 in Winnipeg …   Wikipedia

• General Strike of 1917 — The General Strike of 1917 can refer to: *the Australian General Strike of 1917 *the Spanish General Strike of 1917 …   Wikipedia