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Idioms and Phrases

Engaged in a work stoppage, as in The auto workers were on strike for the entire summer . The use of strike for a concerted labor stoppage undertaken to gain concessions from employers dates from the early 1800s. Today it is also used more loosely, as in Where washing dishes is concerned, Mom has announced that she's on strike . Also see go out , def. 4.

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“We always have difficult negotiations with these companies. ... We’ve gotten very close to going on strike many times, ending or reaching a deal minutes or hours before a deadline — or after,” Finn said.

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“In the long run the state does benefit. We don’t want people to go on strike. Sometimes, it’s needed, but for the most part, if mediation is able to help get a good resolution, we prefer that,” Gonzalez said.

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Although more than 300 staff are on strike, several hundred are not.

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The NEU agreed at its conference in Harrogate this week that it would hold a formal ballot on strike action if the offer remains "unacceptable", or if no extra funding is announced.

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Prison staff who went on strike in protest told the BBC how laxity inside jails was undermining morale and presenting a growing security risk.

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on-stream on sufferance

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