Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
strike pay
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Similarly, any amount of income tax rebate or trade union strike pay will be considered and may have a similar result.
WordNet
strike pay
n. money paid to strikers from union funds
Wikipedia
Strike pay
Strike pay is the name of payments made by a trade union to workers who are on strike as help in meeting their basic needs while on strike, often out of a special reserve known as a strike fund. Union workers reason that the availability of strike pay increases their leverage at the bargaining table and actually decreases the probability of a strike, since the employers are aware that their employees have this financial resource available to them if they choose to strike.
Usage examples of "strike pay".
If he didn't strike pay dirt soon, he might get the chance to ask the long-dead Steiner personally.