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strike work

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To quit work; to go on a strike.

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Wildcat strike, work stoppage undertaken by employees without the consent of their respective unions.

About 12,000 of the county personnel who would be involved in a general strike work in health fields.

The M.T.A. asked for an injunction that would bar "a strike, work stoppage, sickout, slowdown, refusal to work as assigned, sabotage, vandalism or any other concerted activity, with the intent of interrupting normal and regular operations".

The question raises itself, though: in a world where few young people have jobs, and fewer of those who do have full-time jobs, and fewer of those who do have contracted, union jobs, and almost nobody can take the risk of speaking up at work – how can a strike work in practice?

Those on strike work as cleaners and domestic staff at four mental health facilities run by the South London and Maudsley Trust: the Maudsley hospital in Camberwell, the Bethlem Royal hospital in Beckenham, the Lambeth hospital, and the Ladywell Unit at Lewisham hospital.

Our correspondent says that most of the people taking part in the strike work deep underground as rock drill operators.

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The strike works both ways for FedEx.

"People say 'oh students are always poor'," says Esther Lutz-Davis, from the Rent Strike Working Group.

His Third Strike works the British pop urban template hard, casting only fleeting glances back at grime proper.

The majority of Foxconn employees taking part in the strike worked on the "onsite quality control line", according to China Labor Watch.

The strike worked and City Council found him a job, but he and his wife divorced.

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