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.): --
The logic of that is that any pay dispute could lead to a general strike.
Is he suggesting that the world depression of 1931 was the result of the 1926 general strike in this country?
We will lot call a general strike in order to upset them.
I am entirely convinced that his influence throughout that general strike was for moderation and against violence.
They will be accidents which may result either from natural disasters, or from political disasters such as prolonged general strike.
This sparked off the general strike of 1928.
The 1936 general strike, which led to much greater need, did produce a more regularized provision of municipal aid.
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.
