strike
Definition
Collective, organized, cessation or slowdown of work by employees, to force acceptance of their demands by the employer. In most jurisdictions require that to be legal (1) a strike must be approved by the majority of the employees in a secret ballot, (2) the ballot must be subject to independent verification if the number of employees exceeds a certain number (commonly 50), (3) a notice of the impending strike ballot must be given to the employer a certain number of days in advance (commonly seven), (4) the employer must be provided with the results of the ballot and, thereafter, (5) a notice of the union's intention to proceed with the strike must be given to the employer a certain number of days in advance (commonly seven). Also called strike action or industrial action. See also lockout.
strike is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law, Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership and HR, Teams, & Training subjects.
strike appears in the definitions of the following terms:
site access denial,
surge protector,
strike vote,
strike ballot,
degree day swap,
strategic stock,
contingency plan,
project definition,
function,
Phillips curve
and
strike appears in the other terms:
wildcat strike,
strike action,
secondary strike,
no strike clause,
economic strike,
sitdown strike,
slowdown strike,
unfair labor practice strike,
sympathy strike,
jurisdictional strike
and
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