strikes
n. countablen. a period of time when workers stop working to ask for better pay or better conditions. You use this word when employees act together to force their boss to make changes.
n. a collective refusal by employees to work under current conditions, typically as a form of protest to gain concessions from an employer. Often used in the plural to describe a series of industrial actions.
The workers are on strike for higher wages.
The city faced major transport delays this morning because of the nationwide rail strikes.
The government is considering new legislation to limit the impact of strikes on essential public services, arguing that prolonged walkouts threaten national economic stability.
Commonly used with the preposition 'on' ('to go on strike') or as a modifier ('strike action').
The workers made a strikeThe workers went on strikeEnglish speakers use the phrase 'go on strike' or 'hold a strike' rather than 'make a strike'.