strike
Let an agent explain strikes and their forms, relay legal frameworks and statistics from official sources, present labour history and debates with attribution, and distinguish strikes from lockouts, boycotts and protests.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain strikes and their forms, relay legal frameworks and statistics from official sources, present labour history and debates with attribution, and distinguish strikes from lockouts, boycotts and protests.
A collective work stoppage by employees to press demands on an employer or government, the main form of industrial action, including general, sectoral and wildcat strikes, sit-down and reverse strikes in which workers work without pay, sports strikes such as baseball strikes, and by extension protest actions such as climate strikes and consumer boycotts; strikes are regulated by labour law, protected as a right in many countries and restricted in others, and have shaped labour history.
What it is for: Pressing collective demands through withdrawal of labour.
It can be explain forms and tactics; relay legal frameworks; present history and debates; distinguish from related actions.
Distinguishing features
Collective withdrawal of labour
Legal protection and limits
Union organisation
Historical significance
What it looks like
Workers absent from work, often with picket lines and demonstrations.
How it is recognised
Collective work stoppage
General, sectoral, wildcat, sit-down, reverse, sports and protest strikes
A lockout is imposed by the employer; a boycott withholds custom; a protest need not stop work
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with - the employer counterpart
In practice
Families and kinds
strikes over pay and conditions
general strikes
wildcat and unofficial strikes
sit-down and occupation strikes
reverse strikes
strikes in sport such as professional baseball strikes
protest forms such as climate strikes and school strikes
consumer boycotts as a related tactic
Standards and regulation
ILO conventions on freedom of association
National laws on the right to strike, ballots and essential services
Court rulings on strike legality
Failure modes and hazards
Illegal strikes and penalties
Economic losses and public disruption
Partisan framing
Confusing strikes with boycotts
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a strike is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and forms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a strike, and what forms does it take? definition
- Is the action a strike, a lockout, a boycott or a protest? boundary
Tactics
Tactics.
Tactics
Tactics.
- How do pickets, ballots, strike funds and reverse strikes work? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Law Law.
Regulation.
Rights
Right to strike.
Rights
Rights.
- How is the right to strike protected and limited in different countries? provenance
- Is the user asking about a specific dispute, which needs a union or legal adviser? boundary
Procedures
Procedures.
Procedures
Procedures.
- What ballots, notices and essential service rules apply, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
History History and impact.
Attribution.
History
Labour history.
History
History.
- What major strikes shaped labour history, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific strike? action
Impact
Economic and social impact.
Impact
Impact.
- What do studies say about the effects and outcomes of strikes, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Data and new forms.
Context.
Data
Strike statistics.
Data
Data.
- What do official statistics show about strike frequency and days lost? measurement
- Is the figure current and sourced? boundary
New forms
Protest strikes.
New forms
New forms.
- How do climate strikes and other protest strikes relate to labour strikes, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits climate strike? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should general strike and climate strike be separate entries?
- How should legal frameworks be linked by country?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific strikes and unrelated tactics; should they be split off?