strike

Also known as strike action, labor strike, labour strike, greve, strikes, work stoppage, walkout, going on strike

work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work

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A strike is when a large group of workers stop doing their jobs as a way to protest working conditions, pay, or other workplace issues. It matters because strikes can pressure employers to make changes, but they also disrupt services and can hurt both workers and the public.

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[The nurses' strike in the United Kingdom: the reasons, the debate and the implications].ReviewAssistenza infermieristica e ricerca : AIR · 2023Palese A, Longhini J, Landi A et al.DOI: 10.1702/4023.39983
Strike? - and what about clinical education?Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors · 2023Gay SDOI: 10.1080/14739879.2023.2194266
The impact of strike action on patient morbidity: A systematic literature review.The International journal of health planning and management · 2022Essex R, Milligan W, Williams G et al.DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3418
The ethics of a work strike.The Medical journal of Malaysia · 2022Goh ZNL, Wong AC, Thum SCC et al.
Strike?RN · 1999Mattera MD
Another Strike Against Sleepability.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2016Trotti LMDOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5666
Strike!Revolution (Staten Island, N.Y.) · 1993Chipman D
Strike!The Western journal of medicine · 1988Wolfe E

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Workers' agitation as portrayed in Strike by Mihály Munkácsy (1895)

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, 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 labor became important in factories and mines. As striking became a more common practice, governments were often pushed to act (either by private business or by union workers). When government intervention occurred, it was rarely neutral or amicable. Early strikes were often deemed unlawful conspiracies or anti-competitive cartel action, and many were subject to massive legal repression by state police, federal military power, and federal courts. Many Western nations legalized striking under certain conditions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.