go on strike
Example Sentences
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Workers at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium vowed Monday to go on strike if federal immigration enforcement agents are deployed at the venue when it hosts World Cup matches next month.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
It is the issue that prompted players to go on strike in 1994, leading to the cancellation of the World Series.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Remaining health workers sometimes juggle multiple jobs and often go on strike to demand higher salaries, and improved conditions.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Doctors really didn't want to go on strike, having talked of industrial action as a last resort.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
That same month, our Post and Telecommunications Corporation, or PTC, fired more than six hundred people, causing the other workers to go on strike.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
