What is another word for general strike?

Pronunciation: [d͡ʒˈɛnəɹə͡l stɹˈa͡ɪk] (IPA)

A general strike is defined as a large-scale work stoppage in an entire industry or region. Synonyms for this term include a mass strike, a total strike, or an industry-wide strike. Other related terms may include a nationwide strike, a collective action, or a walkout. A general strike typically involves workers from multiple industries coming together to demand better working conditions, higher pay, or other benefits. The goal of a general strike is to bring attention to the workers' grievances and put pressure on employers and government officials to address the issues at hand.

What are the hypernyms for General strike?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with General strike

  • Similar though Marx and Thoreau may be in their accounts of the consequences of living in a society defined by money, their suggestions for how to respond to it are poles apart. Forget the Party. Forget the revolution. Forget the general strike. Forget the proletariat as an abstract class of human interest. Thoreau's revolution begins not with discovering comrades to be yoked together in solidarity but with the embrace of solitude. For Thoreau, Marx's first and fatal error was the creation of the aggregate identity of the proletariat. Error was substituted for error. The anonymity and futility of the worker were replaced by the anonymity and futility of the revolutionary. A revolution conducted by people who have only a group identity can only replace one monolith of power with another, one misery with another, perpetuating the cycle of domination and oppression. In solitude, the individual becomes most human, which is to say most spiritual.
    Curtis White

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