Sentence examples for strike on august from inspiring English sources

TEN days after America carried out its first air strike on August 8th against the Islamic State (IS) on Iraqi territory, government forces regained control of the biggest dam in the country, near Mosul, the country's second city.

After wage negotiations failed, the National Union of Mineworkers began a strike on August 7th, joined a day later by Solidarity, a union representing skilled, mainly white, mine employees.

Stagehands threatened to strike on Feb.

The stagehands had threatened to strike on Feb.

Unions claimed that three-quarters of Spain's public servants went on strike on June 8th.

Spanish unions called this week for a general strike on Nov. 14.

A national strike on February 6th called by the religious parties petered out by midday.

The unions suspended the strike on Sept. 6 to consider the government's offer.

The strike, on April 7th, allegedly included a chemical-weapons attack that killed scores of civilians.

The union's 33,300 members will vote on the strike on Nov. 18.

Teachers went on strike on Aug. 21 for the first time since 1984.