strike
struck struck also: strick·en strik·ing vi 1 : to remove or delete something
2 : to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands
vt 1 : to remove or delete from a legal document and esp. from the record of a trial [it
struck that part of [the] injunction "
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2 : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire
3 : to engage in a strike against (an employer)
n
1 : the removal of a potential juror from a venire compare
challenge 2 : a concerted work stoppage, interruption, or slowdown by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer see also
rent strike Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section compare
job action economic strike : a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages)
NOTE: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced permanently. No-strike clauses in collective bargaining agreements have been held to bar only economic strikes and not strikes protesting an unfair labor practice. general strike : a simultaneous strike by all unionized workers of all trades and industries
jurisdictional strike : a strike that is called against an employer as a result of a dispute with another union as to the right to perform particular work
organizational strike : recognition strike in this entry
primary strike : a strike by workers against their employer with whom they have a dispute
recognition strike : a strike by workers against their employer seeking to force the employer to recognize the union as their collective bargaining agent called also
organizational strike secondary strike : sympathy strike in this entry
sit-down strike : a strike during which employees remain in and occupy the employer's premises as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands
NOTE: This form of strike has been illegal according to both statute and case law since the early 1940s. sym·pa·thy strike : a strike by workers not involved in a labor dispute in support of other striking employees or unions called also
secondary strike wild·cat strike : a strike by workers that is not authorized by the union