Strikes and other Union Activity (Part 3)
08/03/17 Strikes and other Union Activity (Part 3)
Striker
Noun
A worker who is taking part in a strike.
Sympathy strike
Noun
An occasion when workers stop working as a protest to show their support for another group of workers who have gone on strike.
Walk out
To stop working as a way of protesting about something.
Walkout
Noun
A form of protest in which someone leaves a place, or a group of workers stop working and leave the building.
Wildcat strike
Noun
A lightning strike.
Work-to-rule
Noun
A situation in which workers protest by doing only the exact work that their contract says they must do.
Strikebreaking
Noun
Break a strike
To end a situation in which workers have been on strike.
Break a strike
To start working again when you have been on strike.
Down tools
To stop working, especially as a protest.
Withdraw (your) labour
To refuse to work because of a disagreement about working hours, pay etc.
Work to rule
To do only what the rules at work say you must do and nothing more, as a form of protest.
