general strike

verb

1. : to remove or delete from a legal document and especially from the record of a trial it struck that part of [the] injunction —National Law Journal

   : to remove or delete from a legal document and especially from the record of a trial it struck that part of [the] injunction —National Law Journal

2. : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire

   : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire

3. : to engage in a strike against (an employer)

noun

1. : the removal of a potential juror from a venire — compare challenge

2. : 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, Labor Management Relations Act — compare job action

   — economic strike
   : 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.

   — general strike
   : a simultaneous strike by all unionized workers of all trades and industries

   — jurisdictional strike
   : 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

   — organizational strike
   : recognition strike in this entry

   — primary strike
   : a strike by workers against their employer with whom they have a dispute

   — recognition strike
   : 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

   — secondary strike
   : sympathy strike in this entry

   — sit-down strike
   : 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.

   — sympathy strike
   : a strike by workers not involved in a labor dispute in support of other striking employees or unions — called also secondary strike

   — wildcat strike
   : a strike by workers that is not authorized by the union