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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''strīcan'' to stroke, go; akin to Old High German ''strīhhan'' to stroke, [[Latin]] ''stringere'' to [[touch]] lightly, ''striga'', ''stria'' furrow
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to take a [[course]] : go <struck off through the brush>
*2a : to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a [[weapon]], or a [[tool]])
:b : to arrive with detrimental [[effect]] <disaster struck>
:c : to attempt to undermine or [[harm]] something as if by a blow <struck at…cherished notions — R. P. Warren>
*3: to come into contact forcefully <two ships struck in mid channel>
*4: to delete something
*5: to lower a flag usually in [[surrender]]
*6a : to become indicated by a clock, bell, or chime <the hour had just struck>
:b : to make known the [[time]] by sounding <the clock struck as they entered
*7: pierce, [[penetrate]] <the [[wind]] seemed to strike through our clothes>
*8a : to engage in [[battle]]
:b : to make a [[military]] [[attack]]
*9: to become [[ignited]] <the match struck>
*10: to [[discover]] something <struck on a new plan of attack>
*11a : to pull on a fishing rod in order to set the hook
:b of a fish : to seize the bait
*12: dart, shoot
*13a of a plant cutting : to take root
:b of a [[seed]] : [[germinate]]
*14: to make an [[impression]]
*15: to stop [[work]] in order to [[force]] an employer to comply with demands
*16: to make a beginning <the need to strike vigorously for success>
*17: to thrust oneself forward <he struck into the midst of the [[argument]]>
*18: to work [[diligently]] : strive
==Description==
'''Strike''' action, also called '''labor strike''', on strike, greve (of French: ''grève''), or simply strike, is a [[work]] stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in [[response]] to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Industrial Revolution], when mass labor became important in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory factories] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining mines]. In most countries, strike actions were quickly made illegal, as factory owners had far more [[political]] [[power]] than workers. Most western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
Strikes are sometimes used to [[pressure]] [[governments]] to [[change]] policies. Occasionally, strikes destabilize the rule of a particular political party or ruler; in such cases, strikes are often part of a broader [[social movement]] taking the form of a [[campaign]] of civil resistance. A notable example is the 1980 Gdańsk Shipyard strike led by Lech Wałęsa. This strike was significant in the long campaign of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_resistance civil resistance] for political [[change]] in Poland, and was an important mobilized effort that contributed to the fall of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain Iron Curtain] and the end of communist party rule in eastern Europe.
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''strīcan'' to stroke, go; akin to Old High German ''strīhhan'' to stroke, [[Latin]] ''stringere'' to [[touch]] lightly, ''striga'', ''stria'' furrow
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to take a [[course]] : go <struck off through the brush>
*2a : to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a [[weapon]], or a [[tool]])
:b : to arrive with detrimental [[effect]] <disaster struck>
:c : to attempt to undermine or [[harm]] something as if by a blow <struck at…cherished notions — R. P. Warren>
*3: to come into contact forcefully <two ships struck in mid channel>
*4: to delete something
*5: to lower a flag usually in [[surrender]]
*6a : to become indicated by a clock, bell, or chime <the hour had just struck>
:b : to make known the [[time]] by sounding <the clock struck as they entered
*7: pierce, [[penetrate]] <the [[wind]] seemed to strike through our clothes>
*8a : to engage in [[battle]]
:b : to make a [[military]] [[attack]]
*9: to become [[ignited]] <the match struck>
*10: to [[discover]] something <struck on a new plan of attack>
*11a : to pull on a fishing rod in order to set the hook
:b of a fish : to seize the bait
*12: dart, shoot
*13a of a plant cutting : to take root
:b of a [[seed]] : [[germinate]]
*14: to make an [[impression]]
*15: to stop [[work]] in order to [[force]] an employer to comply with demands
*16: to make a beginning <the need to strike vigorously for success>
*17: to thrust oneself forward <he struck into the midst of the [[argument]]>
*18: to work [[diligently]] : strive
==Description==
'''Strike''' action, also called '''labor strike''', on strike, greve (of French: ''grève''), or simply strike, is a [[work]] stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in [[response]] to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Industrial Revolution], when mass labor became important in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory factories] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining mines]. In most countries, strike actions were quickly made illegal, as factory owners had far more [[political]] [[power]] than workers. Most western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
Strikes are sometimes used to [[pressure]] [[governments]] to [[change]] policies. Occasionally, strikes destabilize the rule of a particular political party or ruler; in such cases, strikes are often part of a broader [[social movement]] taking the form of a [[campaign]] of civil resistance. A notable example is the 1980 Gdańsk Shipyard strike led by Lech Wałęsa. This strike was significant in the long campaign of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_resistance civil resistance] for political [[change]] in Poland, and was an important mobilized effort that contributed to the fall of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain Iron Curtain] and the end of communist party rule in eastern Europe.