strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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The expansion of the strike against Amazon by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters this weekend has exacerbated concerns about shipping delays ahead of the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays.
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
More:Stellantis sales woes prompt theories, worries as UAW blasts CEO
The UAW, which had been threatening a nationwide strike against the automaker, even launched a website with a derogatory title calling for Tavares' ouster.
—Eric D. Lawrence, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2024
Those layoffs — and the company’s slow pace in bringing back workers to a closed plant in Belvidere, Illinois — has the union threatening to wage a new strike against Stellantis.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens and other cities Wednesday as a 24-hour general strike against the rising cost of living shut down public services and part of the transport network.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
More:Stellantis sales woes prompt theories, worries as UAW blasts CEO
The UAW, which had been threatening a nationwide strike against the automaker, even launched a website with a derogatory title calling for Tavares' ouster.
—Eric D. Lawrence, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2024
Those layoffs — and the company’s slow pace in bringing back workers to a closed plant in Belvidere, Illinois — has the union threatening to wage a new strike against Stellantis.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens and other cities Wednesday as a 24-hour general strike against the rising cost of living shut down public services and part of the transport network.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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