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hate strike

hate strike noun: a strike with the goal of pressuring the employer into not employing or serving members of a specific racial or religious group.

Noun

hate strike (plural hate strikes)

  1. A strike with the goal of pressuring the employer into not employing or serving members of a specific racial or religious group.
    • In the auto industry (which was the heart of war production) the "hate strikes" started in October, 1941. There were twelve major such strikes in auto plants just in the first six months of 1943. Dodge, Hudson, Packard, Curtis-Wright, Timken Axle and many other plants witnessed these settler...2014 July 1, J. Sakai, Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern, PM Press, →ISBN, page 225

Forms of hate strike

pluralhate strikes

Questions about hate strike

What does hate strike mean?
Hate strike means a strike with the goal of pressuring the employer into not employing or serving members of a specific racial or religious group.
What part of speech is hate strike?
Hate strike is a noun.
What is the plural of hate strike?
The plural of hate strike is hate strikes.

Words near hate strike in the dictionary

  1. hate music
  2. hate on
  3. hate sex
  4. hate someone's guts
  5. hate speech
  6. hate strike
  7. hate strikes
  8. hate the game, not the player
  9. hate the sin but love the sinner
  10. hate watch
  11. hate-blog

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