SYMPATHY STRIKE


Meaning of SYMPATHY STRIKE in English

a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out. Also called sympathetic strike .

[ 1900-05 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .