work stoppage
Strike action
Strike action, also called
labor strike,
labour strike,
on strike,
greve (of
French:
grève), or simply
strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of
employees to
work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee
grievances. Strikes became common during the
Industrial Revolution, when
mass labour became important in factories and mines. In most countries, strike actions were quickly made illegal, as factory owners had far more
power than workers. Most western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
work stoppage
Noun
1. a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"
(synonym) strike
(hypernym) job action
(hyponym) sit-down, sit-down strike
work stoppage
Synonyms and related words:
arrest, bell, boycott, boycottage, check, checkmate, cutoff, dead stop, deadlock, end, endgame, ending, final whistle, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, job action, lockout, outlaw strike, revolt, rulebook slowdown, sick-in, sit-down, sit-down strike, slowdown, stalemate, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, strike, sympathy strike, tie-up, turnout, walkout, wildcat strike
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
work stoppage
Eng: work stoppage
Urdu: کام بَندی ۔ کام میں رُکاوَٹ یا تَعطُل ۔