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sit-down strike

n. a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached [syn: sit-down]

Usage examples of "sit-down strike".

Heard Stoker Riley, a real trouble-maker, that Riley, and the others planning a locked door, sit-down strike in the boiler-room when they return to duty.

Then I am going on a sit-down strike right in the middle of your airlock.