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How to use strike in a sentence

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After the company announced plans to reduce benefits, the union threatened to retaliate by calling for a strike.
Those forces reached Abidjan last Thursday and have been poised to strike ever since.
A pitcher at bat is usually considered such a fish out of water that he is expected to foul, ground or strike out.
Certain points, crises, certain feelings, joys, griefs and amazements, when reviewed, must strike us as things wildered and whirling.
While Millard did not shift from log cabin to White House, he did transport himself from beyond the Black Stump to strike it rich at Stawell.
These chicken-hearted bosses always seem to give in at the first sign of a strike.
After weeks of fruitless negotiations, Bollinger and his counion members went out on strike, demanding a pay boost.
A decapitation strike carried out by drone killed many of the country's senior generals.
A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.
To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with the free hand.
The Australians crossed for a single, leaving three runs to win with the weaker batsman Kasprowicz on strike.
There is widespread expectation that the strike will be settled soon.
The first thing to strike me about Spyplane was that it is more like a verbal simulation than an adventure.
Following the miners' strike, only two deep mines remained working in Wales.
Hardship continued through the 1926 general strike, the great depression of the 1930s, World War II and thereafter.
The first major gold strike in the United States occurred in a small north Georgia town called Dahlonega.
The TUC called off the strike just nine days later, without resolving the miners' cut in wages.
The miners disagreed and stayed on strike for a further seven months until they were starved into surrendering.
Following an unofficial strike in 1969 about the pay of surface workers, it was decided that the threshold for the ballot should be lowered.
Also, Yorkshire was more enthusiastic about the strike than Nottinghamshire where many miners refused to strike.
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In some areas that held ballots the majority voted against striking but were subject to picketing from areas that had declared a strike.
The strike was deemed illegal by the courts on the basis that the NUM rulebook required a secret ballot for a national strike.
The NUM ran a national ballot on possible strike action, and this was passed by members.
Darts are missile weapons, designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first.
On September 10, 2012, teachers for the Chicago Teachers Union went on strike for the first time since 1987 over pay, resources and other issues.
They then strike them sharply with the upper lobe of their tails to stun them.
The first strike destroyed the high altar, while the second strike on the north transept left a hole in the floor above the crypt.
His second, a long range dipping strike from over 30 yards, in the dying stages of the game, capped a world class performance.
Sound waves that strike the whale from different directions will not be channeled in the same way.
The average lightning strike peaks at 1 terawatt, but these strikes only last for 30 microseconds.
After 842, when the Vikings set up a permanent base at the mouth of the Loire river, they could strike as far as northern Spain.
As his forces neared the castle, Philip, who had been unable to break through, decided to strike camp.
France experienced a credit crunch as financiers recognised that Britain could now strike at will against French trade.
The object of loose blockade is to lure the enemy into venturing out but to stay close enough to strike.
When the monsoon winds change, cyclones sometimes strike the shores of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
The strike of Hurricane Isabel in 2003 was particularly devastating for the area.
Once every five or six years, a tropical storm, accompanied by very high and potentially damaging winds and heavy rain, will strike the region.
More than 30,000 workers walked off their jobs in May 1919 in what came to be known as the Winnipeg general strike.
With Havana now in their hands, the British lay poised to strike at other targets in the Spanish main should the war continue for another year.
After the third strike he returned to the bench to face the inevitable persiflage from his teammates.
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The strike line of a bed, fault, or other planar feature, is a line representing the intersection of that feature with a horizontal plane.
On a geologic map, this is represented with a short straight line segment oriented parallel to the strike line.
Apparent dip is the name of any dip measured in a vertical plane that is not perpendicular to the strike line.
True dip can be calculated from apparent dip using trigonometry if you know the strike.
Geologic cross sections use apparent dip when they are drawn at some angle not perpendicular to strike.
The larger species of crocodiles are very dangerous to humans, mainly because of their ability to strike before the person can react.
On 29 August 2016, the Norwegian Environment Agency announced the death of 323 reindeer by the effects of a lightning strike in Hardangervidda.
These forces would be supported by a surface strike force of two cruisers, a seaplane carrier, naval aircraft, submarines and support vessels.
For this strike, if your thumb is tucked correctly, you should hit the pressure point where their arm meets their shoulder.
William of Orange decided to strike back at Spain, having organized three armies.
During the later years of the Wanli Emperor's reign, he became thoroughly alienated from his imperial role and, in effect, went on strike.
Decina argued, inter alia, that he had not engaged in criminal conduct because he did not voluntarily strike the school girls.
The health authority applied to strike out the claim as disclosing no cause of action on two grounds.
The NLRB processed 2,000 WLDA cases from 1943 to the end of 1945, of which 500 were strike votes.
A few months later, in April 1936, the Arab national general strike broke out.
In 1996, civil servants, nurses, and junior doctors went on strike over salary issues.
The Liberal Shadow Cabinet unequivocally backed Baldwin's handling of the strike on 3 May.
This terrible strike, by the best men in the world, who beat the Kaiser's and Hitler's armies and never gave in.
The rearmost member of the strike team walked backward to guard them from a surprise attack from behind.
They paid union dues, and were well placed to finance themselves should a strike be needed.
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Under the government of Ted Heath, an official strike in 1972 won increased wages after the Wilberforce Commission.
The experience that had the most lasting impact on Haywood was witnessing a general strike on the French railroads.
The 6th Airborne Division was called in to provide security as a means of ending the strike.
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
An early predecessor of the general strike may have been the secessio plebis in ancient Rome.
The strike action only became a feature of the political landscape with the onset of the Industrial Revolution.
In 1842 the demands for fairer wages and conditions across many different industries finally exploded into the first modern general strike.
Karl Marx has condemned the theory of Proudhon criminalizing strike action in his work The Poverty of Philosophy.
After that time the exiled Empire of Nicea continued to strike a debased hyperpyron nomisma.
That same year, the Vandals took their turn to strike while both sides were fully engaged and invaded Sicily.
A good lunar lander or Pong-type game was all you needed to strike it rich!
In 1941, Finland launched a retaliatory strike in conjunction with the German attack on the Soviet Union.
Companies countered the threat of a strike by threatening to close or move a plant.
This is a form of strike action taken by a trade union or other organized labor group for environmentalist or conservationist purposes.
An employer may not fire, but may permanently replace, workers who engage in a strike over economic issues.
Like student strikes, a hunger strike aims to worsen the public image of the target.
This is used in cases where laws prohibit certain employees from declaring a strike.
On 30 January 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that there is a constitutional right to strike.
The exact scope of this right to strike remains unclear and will no doubt be subject to further litigation.
In France, the right to strike is recognized and guaranteed by the Constitution.
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Should they go on strike without having declared their intention to do so beforehand, they leave themselves open to sanctions.
Some states, such as New Jersey, Michigan, Iowa or Florida, do not allow teachers in public schools to strike.
Often, specific regulations on strike actions exist for employees in prisons.
Companies which produce products for sale will frequently increase inventories prior to a strike.
Companies may also take out strike insurance prior to an anticipated strike, to help offset the losses which the strike would cause.
Some companies may decline entirely to negotiate with the union, and respond to the strike by hiring replacement workers.
But if the strike is due to unfair labor practices, the strikers replaced can demand immediate reinstatement when the strike ends.
One method of inhibiting or ending a strike is firing union members who are striking which can result in elimination of the union.
Another counter to a strike is a lockout, the form of work stoppage in which an employer refuses to allow employees to work.
Once begun, the general strike of black and white went madly and relentlessly on like some great saga.
In Portugal, a general strike has been called by the federation of public labour unions to avert austerity measures.
In Yemen, a general strike has been called by protesters to protest the presidency of that country.
In Algeria, public sector workers have mounted a general strike for higher wages and improved working conditions.
Socialist leaders who embraced the general strike tended to see it as an instrument for obtaining political concessions.
Bill Haywood believed that industrial unionism made possible the general strike, and the general strike made possible industrial democracy.
In June, 1919, the AFL national organisation, in session in Atlantic City, New Jersey, passed resolutions in opposition to the general strike.
Even though the strike had been intended to be nationwide, Flemish workers appeared reluctant to support it.
No less than 6,000 regular troops were called into the city to quell the unrest, while strike spread through the whole sillon industriel.
More strikes occurred in 1932 and 1936, with a strike in 1950 on the question of the return of Leopold III to the Belgian throne.
For instance the Belgian general strike of 1893 was initiated by the Borains according to Marcel Liebman.
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In 1932, a great strike paralysed the coalmines of Wallonia and the response of employers and the police had been merciless.
This general strike was one of the first general strikes in an industrial country.
This was characterized by the company as a strike and by the union as a lockout.
Steel employees stopped work after a dispute over contract terms, characterized by the company as a strike and by the union as a lockout.
As the river flows along a strike valley, smaller tributaries feed into it from the steep slopes on the sides of mountains.
If they miss the initial strike, peregrines will chase their prey in a twisting flight.
Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim to strike back at the offender.
The commission kept its peace, but brought news to Rome that Hannibal was prepared and was going to strike soon.
A strike by miners in 1792 for higher wages at the Duke of Norfolk's collieries near Sheffield is an early example.
The colliery closure that started the strike was at Cortonwood in South Yorkshire.
The United States does not disclose what behaviors justify a signature strike, nor does it provide any guidance on this issue.
Nick Damianidis, an owner, said the barrel had been hit seven or eight times since last summer by siphoners who strike in the night.
He took a wild slash at the ball but the captain saved the team's skin by hacking it clear and setting up the team for a strike on the goal.
The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper.
They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
Many people prefer to fish solely with lures, which are artificial baits designed to entice fish to strike.
More fluid gooshed forth, arching beautifully and descending to strike Prior's arm. It was hot and gooey and repulsive.
By patient negotiation she succeeded in her mission of averting a strike.
They seem to be so interfused with the emotions of the soul, that they strike upon the heart almost like the living touch of a spirit.
On being notified, the legions would strike out in preventative and punitive expeditions from Mainz or Strasburg, or Augsburg on the other side.
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In order to prove the inexistence of God, he challenged Him to strike him down in five minutes while timing himself with a watch.
The factory lost revenue because of the strike by the workers.
Ah, Bess, my covess, strike me blind if my sees don't tout your bingo muns in spite of the darkmans.
The journalists gave cry after the Prince, like a pack of hounds when they strike the trail of a fox.
Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post.
The dominant strike orientation of both bedding and foliation of Vermont bedrock is north or northeasterly.
A strike was announced for May 2010, British Airways again sought an injunction.
Thursday, he was one strike from a third consecutive scoreless outing, including an intrasquad game last month.
In late May, a general strike in Syria was met by a French warship shelling Damascus for three days.
As negotiations became increasingly fractious, Bonaparte gave orders to his general Moreau to strike Austria once more.
Exaggerated accounts of Churchill's belligerency during the strike soon began to circulate.
Later reports indicate that Churchill favoured letting Gandhi die if he went on a hunger strike.
Black Rod has to strike the door three times with a staff, to be admitted and issue the summons from the monarch to the MPs to attend.
However a general election was held in February 1974 in a bid to win public support during a national emergency caused by the miners' strike.
I did not know that when they were to strike at me it was to be at another's piping and at another's pay.
The entire state is vulnerable to a tornado strike, with the extreme southern portion of the state slightly less so than the rest of the state.
The weakening economy caused several episodes of social unrest in the region, including the 1926 general strike and the Jarrow March.
Charles Dickens visited Preston in January 1854 during a strike by cotton workers that had by that stage lasted for 23 weeks.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a few feet before settling down.
On the rare occasions when the Royal Mint did strike coins, they were relatively crude, with quality control nonexistent.
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Carthage resisted well at the first strike, with the participation of all the inhabitants of the city.
Hurricanes that sometimes batter the region usually strike northwards of Grenada and to the west of Barbados.
Prior to emancipation, Baptist deacon Samuel Sharpe, who served with Burchell, organized a general strike of slaves seeking better conditions.
The firing of a truck load of meat and two cases of assault enlived the strike of the meat wagon drivers yesterday.
His 2008 feature film Hunger, about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, but may also use their head or torso.
His role is to prevent the ball from hitting the stumps by use of his bat, and simultaneously to strike it well enough to score runs.
In case of a no ball or a wide the batsman can choose to strike the ball, earning runs in addition to the fixed penalty.
The ball may strike the side or back walls at any time, as long as it hits below the out line.
This refers to the early practice of using the tail of the mace to strike the ball when it lay against a rail cushion.
Boxers typically wear shorts or trunks with the waistband raised so the opponent is not allowed to strike the groin area.
It was broadcast on BBC until 1982, with the 1983 tournament blacked out due to a technician's strike.
These are so infamous that even their names strike fear into the most professional of jockeys.
Lines that raise sails are called halyards while those that strike them are called downhauls.
Justice Ivan Rand issued a landmark legal decision following a strike in Windsor, Ontario, involving 17,000 Ford workers.
The satyagraha in Ahmedabad took the form of Gandhi fasting and supporting the workers in a strike, which eventually led to a settlement.
In addition, he ruled that the strike in the plaintiff union had been called in contravention of its own rules.
The tactical strike aircraft programs were meant to serve as interim solutions until the next generation of aircraft arrived.
Positioned on the desert flank was the 7th Armoured Division, which would strike the flank of the Italian force.
The EU must act and legislate consistently with the Charter and the EU's courts will strike down EU legislation which contravenes it.
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The miners' strike was the central political event of the second Thatcher Administration.
The NUM never held a strike vote, which allowed many miners to keep working and prevented other unions from supporting the strike.
The miners' strike lasted a full year before the NUM leadership conceded without a deal.
The defeat of the miners' strike led to a long period of demoralisation in the whole of the trade union movement.
The union rejected the offer and on 24 January 1986 its 6,000 members at Murdoch's papers went on strike.
However, unlike the Sunningdale Agreement of 1974, they found they could not bring the agreement down by a general strike.
Bobby Sands began the 1981 strike, saying that he would fast until death unless prison inmates won concessions over their living conditions.
In retaliation for the strike, Pakistan closed the Torkham ground border crossing to NATO supply convoys for an unspecified period.
Although the strike against Saddam was unsuccessful in killing him, it effectively ended his ability to command and control his forces.
In 1984 and 1985, after the government announced plans to close many mines across the UK, mineworkers went on strike.
Even as recently as the early 1900s, there was a report of a moirologists' strike in Paris.
In 1926, British miners went on strike over their appalling working conditions.
After his death on hunger strike, his seat was held, with an increased vote, by his election agent, Owen Carron.
The air strike delayed the scheduled British ground attack on Stanley by two days.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are rare in the New York area, but they are not unheard of and always have the potential to strike the area.
Financial accounting would strike a dagger through the whole case for public sector investment.
In 2007, cabin crew threatened strike action over salary changes to be imposed by BA management.
Negotiations failed to stop strike action in March, BA withdrew perks for strike participants.
In 1959, the company expanded beyond the Middle East to Alaska and it was one of the first companies to strike oil in the North Sea.
The NMC has the power to restrict a nurse or midwife's practice or strike them off their register.
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It was the only general strike in British history, for TUC leaders such as Ernest Bevin considered it a mistake.
The Government was divided on how to handle the BBC but ended up trusting Reith, whose opposition to the strike mirrored the PM's own.
Supporters of the strike nicknamed the BBC the BFC for British Falsehood Company.
A hand pass is not a punch but rather a strike of the ball with the side of the closed fist, using the knuckle of the thumb.
He was closely related with the springs, and with the strike of his trident, he created springs.
So I then moved that we supported the TUC call for a general strike and this was also carried nem con.
At the outbreak of World War I, he tried to organise a pacifist general strike, but died soon afterwards.
A soup kitchen was kept running in Hardie's home during the course of the strike, manned by his new wife, the former Lillie Wilson.
In October 1915, 15,000 tenants were on rent strike and a demonstration led by women converged on St Enoch Square.
By November, 20,000 tenants were on rent strike as violent resistance against evictions continued.
It is accurate enough to be a first strike, counterforce, or second strike weapon.
Most strike the same ominously breathless tone, and all reach the same vague nonconclusions.
Then the French would strike and score an overwhelming victory in two days.
They reject using state power to construct a socialist society, favouring strategies such as the general strike.
When placed in the four foot it should be so arranged that a loose carraige coupling shall not strike the box, as such a blow might possibly break it.
In any case it is easy to strike up a very happy relationship with one's garden Robin without even approaching the hand-tameness sought by Lord Grey.
He's a hard man, hardhanded, hard-hearted, he doesn't strike me.
The main method the unions used to effect change was strike action.
Unions slowly overcame the legal restrictions on the right to strike.
In 1842, a general strike involving cotton workers and colliers was organised through the Chartist movement which stopped production across Great Britain.
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Queens bus driver Mousie Garcia, 30, said she doesn't want a strike but will hit the bricks if the MTA doesn't come through with no-strings-attached raises.
Instead of being a spontaneous uprising of the mutinous masses, the strike was politically motivated and was driven by an agenda to win concessions.
While the Cointreau technology did not strike him as novel, Mr. Freeman was curious about the spherification kit the company had put together for bartenders.
The map symbol is a short line attached and at right angles to the strike symbol pointing in the direction which the planar surface is dipping down.
Another way of representing strike and dip is by dip and dip direction.
The steelworkers and electricians went on strike, halting construction.
They were ordered to force-feed the prisoners on hunger strike.
The first theorist to formulate and popularise the idea of a general strike for the purpose of political reform was the radical pamphleteer William Benbow.
In 1902 the Belgian Labour Party launched another strike, which failed.
To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity.
Hardie was active in the strike wave which swept the region in 1880, including a generalised strike of the mines of Lanarkshire that summer which lasted six weeks.
The mass abandonment of plantations by black slaves and poor whites during the American Civil War has, controversially, been considered a general strike.
While the Lanarkshire mine strike was a failure, Hardie's energy and activity shone and he accepted a call from Ayrshire to relocate there to organise the local miners.
The clean strike, confirmed by an examination of the king's body at Windsor in 1813, suggests that the execution was carried out by an experienced headsman.
A pacifist, Hardie was appalled by the First World War and along with socialists in other countries he tried to organise an international general strike to stop the war.
He intended to use this invasion force to strike at England.
Facing a potential invasion from his continental enemies, he decided to strike first and turned his army's sights from the English Channel to the Rhine.
Working people went on strike in 14 English and 8 Scottish counties, principally in the Midlands, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, and the Strathclyde region of Scotland.
God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.
In 2009, southern Vectis staff went on strike for three days over pay.
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They concluded bombers should strike a single target each night and use more incendiaries, because they had a greater impact on production than high explosives.
The next large scale general strike took place over half a century later in Belgium, in an effort to force the government to grant universal suffrage to the people.
At the urging of his mother Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter and the influential lendmann Gregorius Dagsson, Inge decided to strike first, at a meeting among the three kings in Bergen.
In June 2016 the RMT union announced that train guards would be going in strike several times during the summer months in protest of more driver only trains.
During the General Strike of 1926 the party opposed the general strike, arguing that the best way to achieve social reforms was through the ballot box.
A free-kick from Matthew Etherington caused more confusion on the stroke of half-time but Mehmet Aurelio was able to hook the ball clear with Cameron Jerome poised to strike.
Some modern bullion coins, such as the gold and silver American eagle, are produced as both business strike and collectible proof and uncirculated versions.
In some cases the grade and mintages of business strike coins can affect their value, so that they are considered numismatic rather than bullion items.
He tried to bluster and took down a life-preserver from the wall. I knew my man, however, and I clapped a pistol to his head before he could strike.
The final strike was the Belgian general strike of 1893 mentioned above.
A teachers' strike in 1995 was defeated because the COB could not marshal the support of many of its members, including construction and factory workers.
The firm had little immediate success getting a licence to strike British coins, but was soon engaged in striking coins for the British East India Company for use in India.
Boulton spent much time in London lobbying for a contract to strike British coins, but in June 1790 the Pitt Government postponed a decision on recoinage indefinitely.
When a voltage is applied across the electrodes, cathode rays are generated, creating a glowing patch where they strike the glass at the opposite end of the tube.
With some discharge lamps, very high voltage is used to strike the arc.
In the 1970s Seaver knew that batters could connect for a long ball at almost any time, so he had to be able to reach back and strike a hitter out if necessary.
If the husband had a concubine, the wife was allowed to strike her without having to pay any compensation, even if it resulted in the concubine's death.
This developed from the black ban, strike action taken against a particular job or employer in order to protect the economic interests of the strikers.
However it does strike the time every 15 minutes with bells.
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts.
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Steel defeated another strike in 1901, the year it was founded.
The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
The strike's effectiveness was reduced because the NUM leaders refused to nationally ballot members on strike action and argued that it was an issue for each area to decide.
The immense advantage of the general strike is that it begins entirely lawfully and without any danger for the workers, and for this reason thousands will take part.
The Irish Supreme Court and High Court exercise judicial review over all legislation and may strike down laws if they are inconsistent with the constitution.
Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.
After being struck by the racket, the ball must strike the front wall above the service line and below the out line and land in the opposite back quarter court.
After the end of the strike, the NUM took an active leadership role in working to align the labour movement in the UK more closely with LGBT rights issues.
A player may also concede a frame while on strike if he or she thinks there are not enough points available on the table to beat the opponent's score.
Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view.
Initially, the mace was used to push the balls, rather than strike them.
The Adidas logo appears on either the left or right sleeve depending on which handed bat the player is, allowing it to face the camera when the player is on strike.
In March 1937, there was a violent strike by about 3,500 drivers for Checker and Yellow Cab Companies which included rioting that went on for weeks.
His support for a riders' strike demanding more start money led the FIM to suspend him for six months, dashing any hopes for a fourth consecutive title.
Millis also believed the law's strike vote process actually permitted more strikes to occur than the NLRB would have allowed under its old procedures.
This was the greatest strike wave in American labor history.
On the other hand, the events of January 1905 in Russia once more seemed to underscore the suitability of the general strike as a decisively revolutionary action.
Either option should strike the normativists as unattractive.
Endeavour received significant innovations, but Sopwith failed to secure the services of his entire Shamrock V professional crew due to a pay strike.
This collapsed on 28 May 1974, due to the Ulster Workers' Council strike.
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Collective bargaining was first recognized in 1945, following a strike by the United Auto Workers at the General Motors' plant in Oshawa, Ontario.
Some people walk with a panther or strike a buffalo stance that makes you wanna dance. Other people flip the script on the day of the jackal that'll make you cackle.
The inability of the parties to reach an agreement may lead to industrial action, culminating in either strike action or management lockout, or binding arbitration.
This law makes it also more difficult for the strike to spread rapidly to other workers, as they are required to wait at least 48 hours before joining the strike.
During this period, individuals within the German military were advocating a preemptive strike against Russia, but Bismarck knew that such ideas were foolhardy.
In 1913, during the general strike known as the Dublin Lockout, Connolly and James Larkin formed a workers militia, the Irish Citizen Army, to defend strikers from the police.
The National Labor Relations Act generally permits strikes, but provides a mechanism to enjoin strikes in industries in which a strike would create a national emergency.
It was the only general strike in British history, as union leaders such as Ernest Bevin, who had coordinated the strike, considered it a mistake.
The campaign was taken so seriously by Gwynfor Evans, former president of Plaid Cymru, that he threatened the government with a hunger strike were it not to honour the plans.
During the final general strike, workers would not walk out of their shops, factories, mines, and mills, but would rather occupy their workplaces and take them over.
The vegetative cover acts to reduce the velocity of the raindrops that strike the foliage and stems before hitting the ground, reducing their kinetic energy.
During this period Asturian miners' strike of 1934 occurred.
Therefore, any union conducting a strike action typically seeks to include a provision of amnesty for all who honored the picket line in the agreement that settles the strike.
Rationing led to violent incidents, when truck drivers chose to strike for two days in December 1973 over the limited supplies Simon had allocated for their industry.
Environmentally, the main concerns are blade strike on fish attempting to enter the lagoon, acoustic output from turbines, and changes in sedimentation processes.
The English ships of war should not strike in the Danish seas.
Choiseul continued to advocate a direct strike against Britain as the way to win future wars, and despatched engineers and agents to examine British defences in preparation.
Whatever the cause of the strike, employers are generally motivated to take measures to prevent them, mitigate the impact, or to undermine strikes when they do occur.
After the deaths of Sands and nine others, the strike ended.
For the IWW, sabotage came to mean any withdrawal of efficiency, including the slowdown, the strike, working to rule, or creative bungling of job assignments.
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Passengers have to stay in their cars or beside them, as the gradients in the tunnel mean that there are chances when vehicles could roll back and forth and strike someone.
It is able to straighten its neck and strike with its bill very fast.
The prolonged strike involved eleven million workers for two weeks in a row, and its impact was such that it almost caused the collapse of the de Gaulle government.
Yet great as you are I would not strike you by stealth, watching.
The situation soon escalated into the General Strike, but the Trade Union Congress, ostensibly worried about reports of starvation in the pit villages, called the strike off.
Later Conservative legislation by Edward Heath's government was successfully resisted as union militants, many close to the CPGB, led the successful 1974 UK miners' strike.
Despite support in the coalfields, including many miners' wives in Women Against Pit Closures, the strike was eventually lost owing to a union split, among other reasons.
Canada's judiciary plays an important role in interpreting laws and has the power to strike down Acts of Parliament that violate the constitution.
Train services will be retimed tomorrow because of strike action.
A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances.
In late February many Greeks took part in a massive general strike because of the economic situation and they shut down schools, airports, and many other services in Greece.
The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
The strike was a product of postwar recession, labour conditions, the activity of union organizers and a large influx of returning World War I soldiers seeking work.
In December 2009, a ballot for strike action over Christmas received a high level of support, action was blocked by a court injunction that deemed the ballot illegal.
Beckham scored the equaliser with a curling strike from 25 yards out into the top left corner of the goal and United went on to win the match and the league.
Spanish forces began massing on the Portuguese border, ready to strike.
In 1965, it was the first company to strike oil in the North Sea.
Lawrie Wilson caught the eye with a surging run, although his strike was blocked, while Bostwick's powerful low strike drew an excellent save from Krul.
Historically, strike breaking has often coincided with union busting.
Crusoe and the ship's captain strike a deal in which Crusoe helps the captain and the loyal sailors retake the ship and leave the worst mutineers on the island.

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