A temporary action (as a slowdown) by workers as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands

1. A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; SYN. work stoppage.
2. A pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit
3. A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; SYN. ten-strike.
4. An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
Stoppage of work by employees (with picketing), often as members of a labor union, to obtain or resist change in wages, hours, or conditions. A “lockout” is a weapon of an employer to thwart or enforce such change by preventing employees from working. Another measure is “work to rule,” when production is virtually brought to a halt by strict observance of union rules.
Strikes may be “official” (union-authorized) or “wildcat” (undertaken spontaneously) and may be accompanied by a sit-in or work-in, the one being worker occupation of a factory and the other continuation of work in a plant the employer wishes to close. In a “sympathetic” strike, action is in support of other workers on strike elsewhere, possibly in a different industry. See also industrial relations. + prikaži više

A strike in which the workers walk out suddenly, abandonning their work stations.