: a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages) Note: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced …

2 days ago · New York City nurses on strike are resuming negotiations with hospital administrators to try to bring an end to a walkout that’s in its fourth day.

1 day ago · The nurses’ strike at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and New York-Presbyterian hospitals entered its fifth day Friday.

When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.

if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working …

2 days ago · The massive nurses strike hitting three major NYC hospital systems hit its fourth day Thursday with no end in sight as both sides increasingly dug in, flinging bitter accusations of bullying ...

2 days ago · New York City nurses on strike are set to resume negotiations with hospital administrators to try to bring an end to a walkout that’s in its fourth day

STRIKE definition: to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit. See examples of strike used in a sentence.

2 days ago · Both sides in the labor dispute appear poised for a protracted battle, and only one of three hospitals was negotiating with the strikers.

STRIKE meaning: 1 : to hit (someone or something) in a forceful way; 2 : to cause (something) to hit something in a forceful way