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  • They've ben out a week, most of their places is filled, an 'if us teamsters keep on haulin' the mill-work the strike's lost.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • As Taylor Rogers, one of the strike's organizers recalled, If you stand up straight, people can't ride your back.

    David Morris: When Unions are Strong, Americans Enjoy the Fruits of Their Labor David Morris 2011

  • Spain's government sought to play down the strike's impact.

    European Austerity Fuels Tensions Jonathan House 2010

  • An 'I'll get'm for it some day, good an' plenty. An 'there's another fellow I got staked out that'll be my meat when this strike's over an' things is settled down.

    CHAPTER XII 2010

  • Just the same, before this strike's over there'll be a whole lot of guys a-wishin 'they'd never gone scabbin'.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • Contrary to Michael Gove's silly characterisation of the strike's motivating instincts being reducible to militancy and the desire for a scrap, few people I spoke to seemed be joyously withdrawing their labour, let alone glorying in any kind of seditious fight.

    Public sector strikes - Wednesday 30 November 2011

  • The strike's intent, Gortney said, was to stop further attacks on civilians by forces loyal to Gadhafi and to allow for allied warplanes to safely enforce a no-fly zone in Libya.

    U.S., Europe strike 20 Gadhafi targets in Libya 2011

  • BA cabin crew union disputes Walsh's claims about strike's success

    Cameron agrees to consider anti-strike law reform 2011

  • The strike's intent, Gortney said, was to stop further attacks on civilians by forces loyal to Gadhafi and to allow for allied warplanes to safely enforce a no-fly zone in Libya.

    U.S. launches Libyan airstrike 2011

  • Not now, when the strike's on, but some time later I'm goin 'to get you an' give you the beatin 'of your life.

    CHAPTER XII 2010

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