sympathetic strike


Origin of sympathetic strike

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First recorded in 1890–95

Words Nearby sympathetic strike

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How to use sympathetic strike in a sentence

  • But George knew it was only just lying low, to break out into sympathetic strike on Monday morning.

  • A 'sympathetic strike' is only sentiment running riot, and special class suffering alone justifies revolt.

    A Speckled Bird | Augusta J. Evans Wilson
  • Hence the boycott, or as it has been designated by the general managers, a sympathetic strike.

    The Pullman Boycott | W. F. Burns
  • Workers in other trades are called on to aid this union by a sympathetic strike, either threatened or actually put into effect.

  • The noon papers said that the Carpenters' Union would declare a sympathetic strike to be on from Wednesday noon.

    The Fat of the Land | John Williams Streeter