go on strike
Example Sentences
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“I guess soccer can be played” if workers go on strike, said Kurt Petersen, co-president of the local union, in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
"If we don't go on strike for better conditions, the jobs will remain unattractive, as we have seen in the past few years," Verdi spokesman Andreas Schackert told public broadcaster ZDF.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
More than 400 staff at Strathclyde University, including technicians and security staff, are voting on whether to go on strike over job cuts.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
The net result is that these prices are being driven artificially higher in the last few weeks of the year as sellers go on strike and wait for the new year.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
“We need to go on strike, I’m tellin’ ya.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
