sit-down strike
noun
1.
a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
Also called
sit-down
,
sit-in
.
Origin
1930-35,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
sit-down strike
He started a kind of
sit-down strike
, and ended up in a mental hospital briefly.
Families have conducted a
sit-down strike
at the municipal offices demanding intervention on behalf of the prisoners.
What began as a
sit-down strike
of workers at their jobs flared into violence when the strikers took to the street.
At this time the
sit-down strike
emerged as an effective organizing weapon.
British Dictionary definitions for
sit-down strike
sit-down strike
noun
1.
a strike in which workers refuse to leave their place of employment until a settlement is reached