Collective, organized, cessation or slowdown of work by employees, to force acceptance of their demands by the employer. In most jurisdictions require that to be legal (1) a strike must be approved by the majority of the employees in a secret ballot, (2) the ballot must be subject to independent verification if the number of employees exceeds a certain number (commonly 50), (3) a notice of the impending strike ballot must be given to the employer a certain number of days in advance (commonly seven), (4) the employer must be provided with the results of the ballot and, thereafter, (5) a notice of the union's intention to proceed with the strike must be given to the employer a certain number of days in advance (commonly seven).
Also called strike action or industrial action. See also lockout.
Use 'strike' in a Sentence
Because of the writer's strike no new scripts could be produced for the excellent show Pushing Daisies and so the show was cancelled by the network.
Sometimes when workers aren't happy they will go on strike causing the company to have to seriously consider their demands.
We are not being paid legal wages. We must stop working and go out in front of the site to strike for them to hear our needs.
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