1. a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; - Example: "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" [syn: strike, work stoppage]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
work stoppage
n 1: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad
work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month
before it was settled" [syn: strike, work stoppage]