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

Doctors really didn't want to go on strike, having talked of industrial action as a last resort.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 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

That same month, our Post and Telecommunications Corporation, or PTC, fired more than six hundred people, causing the other workers to go on strike.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda