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struck<\/b>
struck<\/b> also:<\/i> strick·en<\/b>
strik·ing<\/b>
vi<\/i>
1<\/b> :<\/b> to remove or delete something
2<\/b> :<\/b> to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands
vt<\/i>
1<\/b> :<\/b> to remove or delete from a legal document and esp. from the record of a trial [it struck<\/i> that part of [the] injunction “National Law Journal<\/i>“]
2<\/b> :<\/b> to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire
3<\/b> :<\/b> to engage in a strike against (an employer)
n 1<\/b> :<\/b> the removal of a potential juror from a venire compare challenge<\/a>
2<\/b> :<\/b> a concerted work stoppage, interruption, or slowdown by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer see also rent strike<\/a> Labor Management Relations Act<\/i> in the Important Laws section compare job action<\/a> <\/p>\n

economic strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages) NOTE: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced permanently. No-strike clauses in collective bargaining agreements have been held to bar only economic strikes and not strikes protesting an unfair labor practice. <\/i> <\/p>\n

general strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a simultaneous strike by all unionized workers of all trades and industries <\/p>\n

jurisdictional strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a strike that is called against an employer as a result of a dispute with another union as to the right to perform particular work <\/p>\n

organizational strike<\/b>
:<\/b> recognition strike <\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n

primary strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a strike by workers against their employer with whom they have a dispute <\/p>\n

recognition strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a strike by workers against their employer seeking to force the employer to recognize the union as their collective bargaining agent called also organizational strike<\/i> <\/p>\n

secondary strike<\/b>
:<\/b> sympathy strike <\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n

sit-down strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a strike during which employees remain in and occupy the employer’s premises as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands NOTE: This form of strike has been illegal according to both statute and case law since the early 1940s. <\/i> <\/p>\n

sym·pa·thy strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a strike by workers not involved in a labor dispute in support of other striking employees or unions called also secondary strike<\/i> <\/p>\n

wild·cat strike<\/b>
:<\/b> a strike by workers that is not authorized by the union <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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