economic strike

noun

1. a strike called in protest over wages, hours, or working conditions.

Example Sentences

County Employee Relations Commission that claimed the walkout would be an “economic strike” aimed at gaining leverage at the bargaining table before the two sides had reached an official impasse or exhausted the steps following one.

From Los Angeles Times

Only at the end of this process could a traditional strike, called an “economic strike,” occur.

From Los Angeles Times

“As such, this type of strike does not require completing the mediation and fact-finding processes that are required in the context of an economic strike.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Day of Protest was a political rather than an economic strike.

From Literature