go on strike
Example Sentences
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Patients in greater Lincolnshire are being warned of cancelled appointments when hospital doctors go on strike for six days in a pay dispute.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
"If we don't go on strike for better conditions, the jobs will remain unattractive, as we have seen in the past few years," Verdi spokesman Andreas Schackert told public broadcaster ZDF.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
The net result is that these prices are being driven artificially higher in the last few weeks of the year as sellers go on strike and wait for the new year.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
Last December, Amazon employees at seven warehouses joined the Teamsters to go on strike in part because the company refused to recognize the union’s representation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The school bus drivers threatened to go on strike.
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
