1. a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer; [syn: sympathy strike, sympathetic strike]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sympathy strike
n 1: a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a
strike not resulting from direct grievances against the
workers' employer [syn: sympathy strike, sympathetic
strike]