| 单词 | selective strike |
| 释义 | > as lemmasselective strike selective strike n. a form of industrial action in which union labour is not totally withdrawn but withheld in chosen sectors. ΚΠ 1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Dec. 2/2 Selective strikes would be expedient to the union, since they would concentrate pressure on individual companies. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. a1/5 The powerful Teamsters union early today called ‘selective strikes’ against a portion of the trucking industry. selective strike a. A concerted cessation of work on the part of a body of workers, for the purpose of obtaining some concession from the employer or employers. Formerly sometimes more explicitly strike of work. Cf. strike v. 24, 24b Phrase, on strike, also (U.S.) on a strike. Frequently with preceding qualifying word, as general strike, outlaw strike, selective strike, sit-down strike, stay-away (-down, -in) strike, sympathetic strike, wildcat strike: see under the first elements. Also figurative.The noun, together with the related sense of the verb, has been adopted into several European languages: German streik, Dutch strijk, Swedish strejk. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike turn-out1806 strike1810 steek1812 standout1826 stickout1845 walkout1881 stoppage1902 jack-up1945 society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike > sudden or unofficial strike outlaw strike1810 walkout1881 unofficial strike1894 lightning strike1913 wildcat strike1937 wildcat stoppage1942 rag-out1953 wild cat1959 wild-catting1969 society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike > other types of strike stay-away1867 sympathetic strike1899 stay-in1915 sympathy strike1937 token strike1947 hiccup strike1950 token stoppage1954 stay-at-home1959 1810 Docum. Hist. Amer. Industrial Soc. (1910) III. 370 The Society, in November 1809, ordered a general strike. 1815 Docum. Hist. Amer. Industrial Soc. (1910) IV. 42 It appeared there was a strike for higher wages. 1825 Edinb. Rev. 43 14 Combinations and strikes of work may be necessary..to bring things sooner to their proper level. 1830 Poor Man's Guardian 31 Dec. 8/1 It has been determined at a meeting of delegates, appointed by the spinners in the different parts of the country, that a general strike shall take place on Monday, the 27th instant, of all spinners who are receiving less that 4s. 2d. per 1000 hanks. 1850 Athenæum 7 Dec. 1282/3 Three hundred men on strike have taken a mill! 1881 Chicago Times 14 May The employés of the Grand Trunk car shops are on a strike for an advance in wages. 1899 C. Plummer Two Saxon Chrons. Parallel II. 289 Simeon of Durham..represents the enactment as causing a sort of clerical strike. 1907 R. Dunn Shameless Diary of Explorer xv. 201 Miller's stomach went on strike after we washed in the glacier stream. < as lemmas |
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