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Sit-Down Strike

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Sit-Down Strike
A strike in which union members or, rarely, other employees, come to work but sit at their workstations and do not perform their duties. The purpose behind a sit-down strike is to make it difficult or impossible for the employer to hire replacement workers to replace the strikers. This is supposed to make the strike more effective. See also: Lock-out.


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Specific topics include the socialist theory of strikes, the rise and fall of the sit-down strike, teachers' strikes, 20th-century textile strikes, aerospace engineer strikes, the Boston University strike of 1979, and organizing home health care workers in New York City.
TURK-IS LABOUR UNION CALLS FOR STRIKE While collective bargaining for public services is about to conclude, Turk-Is labour union which is demanding a 20 percent raise for salaries announced they would launch sit-down strikes in front of the work places if their demands were not met.
Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer After a stern lesson on civil disobedience at Wilbur Avenue Elementary, Rick Nahmias staged a sit-down strike to protest confiscated car-racing stickers.
 
 
 
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