sympathy strike
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This week, Danish labor unions announced their plans to launch a sympathy strike against Tesla if the electric vehicle company doesn’t sign a collective bargaining agreement with its 125 striking Swedish mechanics.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Union President Kim Cordova said the deal followed several days of negotiations and the possibility of a sympathy strike by stores in California and Seattle.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2022
The workers with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 were expected to be joined by 24,000 other union members in a sympathy strike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2018
According to CBS News, the striking workers from around 10 campuses are expected to number roughly 50,000, bolstered by a sympathy strike from professional and technical employees of the university system.
From Slate ● May 7, 2018
Today, my stomach was very unhappy, and my head was on sympathy strike.
From The Risk Profession by Larry Ivie
