WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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boycott
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strike
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blacklist
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rally
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Detailed explanation-1: -strike. verb. to refuse to work for a period of time as a protest about your pay or conditions of work.
Detailed explanation-2: -Meaning of work-to-rule in English. a form of protest in which employees do exactly what is stated in their contracts, and nothing more, in order to slow down production : A work-to-rule is seen as a way to protest against low pay or bad working conditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -While a strike is focused on “matters of mutual interest” between employees and their employer, protest action is focused on the “socio-economic interests” of employees (s 213 of the LRA). Strike action is the most common and better understood of the two actions, while protest action is often misconstrued.