sympathy strike

NOUN

strike in support of others

Synonyms

WEAK

empathy fellow feeling joint action

Example Sentences

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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

He was on a sympathy strike on account of the steel strikers.

From Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)