strike work

Example Sentences

• "About nine hundred bakers, it is said, struck work on Saturday night, in consequence of their wages not being raised."
• "[…] whenever they’ve got a point to gain, no matter how unreasonable, they’ll strike work."
• "1871, David Livingstone, journal entry dated 11 February, 1871, in Horace Waller (ed.), The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, London: John Murray, 1874, Volume 2, Chapter 4, p. 99, Men struck work for higher wages: I consented to give them six dollars a month if they behaved well; if ill I diminish it, so we hope to start to-morrow."
• "The strike, which is into its third day, has raised serious ethical questions whether doctors should strike work at the cost of patients."
• "1848, Charles Dickens, letter dated 28 November, 1848 in Georgina Hogarth and Mamie Dickens (eds.), The Letters of Charles Dickens, London: Chapman and Hall, Volume 1, p. 203, Come down on Friday. There is a train leaves London Bridge at two—gets here at four. By that time I shall be ready to strike work."
• "This very year I saw the linnets at work thatching, just before a snow-storm which covered the ground several inches deep for a number of days. They struck work and left us for a while, no doubt in search of food."