a concerted refusal to work by employees, with the goal of improving wages or employment conditions, voicing a grievance, making a protest, or supporting other workers in such an endeavor. A strike is a form of industrial action.
Wiktionary Definition for: Strike
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Ex:''Please '''strike''' the last sentence.''
To hit.
Ex:'''''Strike''' the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.''
To stop working to achieve better working conditions.
Ex:''The workers '''struck''' for a week before the new contract went through.''
obsolete To surrender (''strike one's colors'')
To impress, seem or appear.
Ex:''Golf has always '''struck''' me as a waste of time.''
To manufacture by stamping etc
Ex:''We will '''strike''' a medal in your honour
# nautical To haul down, or lower a mast, a flag or cargo etc
baseball a status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or having a pitch pass over home plate at a height between a batter's shoulders and knees, or hitting a ball into foul territory without being caught
(''bowling'') the act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame
a work stoppage
a blow or application of physical force against something
finance In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
Ex:'''Quotations'''
Ex:*'''1882''': The sum is also used for the quarter, and the '''strike''' for the bushel. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, ''A History of Agriculture and Prices in England'', Volume 4, p. 207.
# cricket the status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at
The football strike of 1987: the question of free agency The 24-day strike by National Football League players in 1987 was one of the most interesting in recent years. The strike may have a significant impact on the future of not only football but other professional team...
The United Auto Workers UAW strike against General Motors GM in late September was the first nationwide strike by the union in more than 30 years, and it only lasted a couple of days. In the end, the strike may have actually helped GM by reducing inventory and the company's...
The Northwest Airlines strike has transformed the normally bustling airports in Greenville and Hattiesburg/Laurel into little more than ghost towns, and is costing the Gulfport/Biloxi Regional Airport and estimated $30,000 per month in lost revenue. A pilot's strike at Northwest Airlines caused the cancellations of All flights starting Sept....
The Northwest Airlines strike has transformed the normally bustling airports in Greenville and Hattiesburg/Laurel into little more than ghost towns, and is costing the Gulfport/Biloxi Regional Airport and estimated $30,000 per month in lost revenue. A pilot's strike at Northwest Airlines caused the cancellations of All flights starting Sept....
Polybags are up for strike three. Strike one was the USPS decision not to allow supplements in polybags at second-class rates, unless they contain at least 25 percent non-advertising matter. Strike two is the inability of polybags to qualify for the new barcode discounts on flats that go into effect...
A honking horn is not easy to interpret. When drivers honked at pickets outside Broadcasting House yesterday, reporters assumed that it was an expression of support for the 24-hour strike, and they may have been right. But to me it seems likely their honks were saying something...
It's early May, and the railroad industry is bracing for a possible strike. The lawyers are ready to go into a federal district court for a temporary restraining order to head off the strike. What's this all about? Aren't things supposed to be settled in 1995 ?
NEW YORK -- Last night's vote by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAM to strike after rejecting The Boeing Company's BA contract offer does not affect Fitch's ratings on BA and Boeing Capital Corporation BCC at this time. However, Fitch will closely monitor the length of the...
SANTO DOMINGO AFP ? One person died, dozens were injured and 150 arrested as workers launched a two-day general strike here to protest the peso's sharp devaluation, soaring inflation and persistent power outages, strike leaders said. "To President Hipolito Mejia and repressive groups being used by the government, we...
The Precision Strike Association will sponsor the 17th Annual Precision Strike Technology Symposium Oct. 23-25, 2007, at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory-Kossiakoff Conference Center in Laurel, Md. The 2007 theme is Required Precision Strike Capabilities and Technologies for the Long War. Effective precision strike demands a timely and...
The Precision Strike Association will sponsor the 17th Annual Precision Strike Technology Symposium Oct. 23-25, 2007, at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory-Kossiakoff Conference Center in Laurel, Md. The 2007 theme is Required Precision Strike Capabilities and Technologies for the Long War. Effective precision strike demands a timely and...
DETROIT -- As contract negotiations grind on between the United Auto Workers union and General Motors a week after the last pact expired, antsy local union leaders say they need only word from headquarters to take their workers on strike. But whether the union actually would...
LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador, AFP — Ecuador has deployed army troops to its oil-producing Amazon region and declared an end to a six-day strike there that had sent jitters through the industrial world. Interior Minister Mauricio Gandara said late Saturday he had been informed that residents of the strike-hit Andean...
In the eyes of Bob Sr.... There are a few rules that to some namely me don't make much sense or at least change the game in an adverse way. Baseball: The rule in baseball that just drives me wild is the strike zone! There is...
DETROIT -- United Auto Workers members have voted to authorize a strike against auto supplier Delphi Corp. if the company fails to honor its labor agreements, an action that could have severe consequences for Delphi and its largest customer, General Motors Corp. More than 95 percent of UAW...
In the eyes of Bob Barry, Sr....There are a few rules that to some namely me don't make much sense or at least change the game in an adverse way. Baseball: The rule in baseball that just drives me wild is the strike zone! There is a definite...
SEATTLE AP -- Boeing Co. machinists voted Thursday to strike as union members overwhelmingly rejected a three-year contract proposal their leaders had deemed "insulting." Union members voted 86 percent in favor of a strike beginning at 12:01 a.m. local time today. Under union rules, the contract would have...
JOHANNESBURG AFP — Building work at all the 2010 football World Cup venues in South Africa looks set to grind to a halt next week after the biggest union announced it would embark on secondary strike action. "The strike is on," National Union of Mineworkers spokesman Lesiba Seshoka told...
WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Wednesday appointed an emergency board to help Amtrak settle its dispute with nine labor unions and avoid a crippling strike during the busy holiday season. The intervention had been expected, though unions had been making preparations for a strike just in case. ...
A mechanics union strike next week against United Airlines could be devastating to the Chicago-based carrier. United's passengers, however, might survive - but not without some inconvenience. Jim Poshusta, United's Colorado Springs station manager, said Wednesday the airline would accommodate its passengers on other carriers during a strike....
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