0 a strike in which most workers in a country refuse to work until they are given higher pay or something else that they want
1 an occasion when many workers in a country, different industries, etc. strike (= refuse to work because they want more pay, etc.):
This was a victory of the general strike, one that operarios never forgot.
This scheme was hastily assembled in the context of the general strike.
The recriminations that followed the 1940 general strike developed the differences between trade unions and their leaders into bitter conflicts and antagonisms.
We have seen how rumours about the general strike persisted right from the middle of 1920 to 1921.
In 1991 public workers balked at that plan and there was a two-day general strike.
The result was not just a coal strike but a general strike.
Significantly, jobbers participated in the general strike of 1928 more fully than ever before.
A general strike, therefore, would not only endanger what remained of regular work, but would confirm to employers the untrustworthy nature of any future agreement.
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