Examples of 'been on strike' in a sentence
Meaning of "been on strike"
been on strike - This phrase is used to describe a situation in which workers refuse to work as a form of protest or disagreement with their employer. It indicates that the workers have collectively stopped working, usually with the intention of demanding better working conditions, higher wages, or other employment-related benefits
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been on strike
We have been on strike for ten straight days.
Public sector workers have been on strike.
The factory has been on strike for several days.
Been on strike nine months.
The workers have been on strike for four weeks.
That 's how long we women have been on strike.
Have been on strike for six months.
Fewer workers have been on strike.
They had been on strike for just two days.
Employees of two national museums have been on strike for eight weeks.
They have been on strike for eight long months.
Government hospitals barely function and doctors have been on strike for nearly a month.
They have been on strike two days.
Graduate students at the University of Toronto have been on strike for three weeks.
They have now been on strike for seven days.
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Teachers in the Canadian province British Columbia have been on strike since mid June.
We have now been on strike for a week.
It's how long we women have been on strike.
The workers had been on strike for eight days.
Since March, medical workers at government run hospitals have been on strike.
They have been on strike for a month and a half.
They have just been on strike.
They have been on strike for over three weeks against cuts to mining subsidies.
We have never been on strike.
They have been on strike since the beginning of September.
Workers from both companies have been on strike since December.
You have been on strike for three weeks, do not forget.
Palestinian Authority teachers have been on strike for two weeks.
We have been on strike for a month.
Technical and library staff at Carleton University have been on strike for close to a month.
Teachers have been on strike in Cusco for over a month.
You know that the Tosa railway workers have been on strike for ten days.
GM workers have been on strike since midnight Monday.
What is the condition of the people who have been on strike all this time?
Teachers have also been on strike in West Virginia and Arizona.
All six of the French oil giant 's refineries had been on strike.
For court officials have been on strike for several months now.
When was the last time you had a strike here? We have never been on strike.
I have been on strike.
There were also clashes in Barcelona, where taxi drivers have been on strike since Friday.
Court system employees have been on strike demanding raises for five days.
Meanwhile, the Council 's employees have been on strike.
Our colleagues who had not been on strike came out to greet us clapping.
Support staff at the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board have been on strike since Oct. 17.
Rail unions have been on strike since September.
Swissport Canada employees responsible for refuelling aircraft have been on strike since December 31.
The union 's been on strike for six weeks.
Most of the country 's refineries have been on strike for a week.
Well, we have been on strike for two full days.
You know, when you think about it, you have been on strike for years.
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The strike or lockout must immediately be terminated
