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==Origin==

==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

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://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]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: to take a [[course]] : go <struck off through the brush>

*1: to take a [[course]] : go <struck off through the brush>

*18: to work [[diligently]] : strive  

*18: to work [[diligently]] : strive  

==Description==

==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.

'''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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Industrial Revolution], when mass labor became important in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory factories] and [https://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.

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 [https://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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain Iron Curtain] and the end of communist party rule in eastern Europe.

[[Category: Politics]]

[[Category: Politics]]