sympathetic strike

Thân thiện

Workers at the factory held a sympathetic strike in solidarity with the delivery drivers.

Definition

Noun: A work stoppage (strike) undertaken by a group of workers, not because of their own direct grievances with their employer, but to show solidarity with and support for another group of workers who are already on strike.

Usage

A sympathetic strike is a collective action intended to increase pressure on the employer of the originally striking workers by broadening the impact of the labor dispute. The striking workers themselves have no direct quarrel with their own employer at that moment.

Examples

• The union called for a sympathetic strike at the city's ports to support the factory workers who had been on the picket line for three weeks.
• The legislation was designed to make it more difficult for unions to organize a sympathetic strike.
• While their own contract negotiations were ongoing, the teachers refused to stage a sympathetic strike in support of the bus drivers.

Advanced Usage

• Legal and Historical Context: In many jurisdictions, sympathetic strikes (also known as secondary strikes or solidarity strikes) are heavily regulated or prohibited by law, distinguishing them from primary strikes where workers strike against their own employer.
• Strategic Use: Such strikes are a tactical tool within labor movements to demonstrate unity and amplify bargaining power across an industry or sector.

Variants and Related Words

• Solidarity Strike: A direct synonym for sympathetic strike.
• Secondary Strike: Another common synonym, often used in legal and industrial relations contexts.
• Sympathy Strike: A less formal variant with identical meaning.

Synonyms

• Secondary action
• Solidarity action
• Secondary strike

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Labor Solidarity: The principle underpinning a sympathetic strike.
• Wildcat Strike: A strike that is unauthorized by the union leadership; a sympathetic strike may or may not be a wildcat strike.
• General Strike: A strike involving workers from many or all industries, which is a much broader form of action than a typical sympathetic strike.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer

Từ đồng nghĩa

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