KINDS OF STRIKE

EXTENT NATURE OF THE ACT DEGREE OF EMPLOYEE PURPOSE OR

INTEREST NATURE OF
EMPLOYEE
INTEREST
General Strike proper Primary strike: one Economic strike:
(extended Sit-down strike: declared by the intended to force
form of strike + a refusal of employees who wage and other
sympathetic the strikers to leave have a direct and concessions from
strike): the plant and immediate interest, the employer,
extends over a machines, and a whether economic which he is not
whole refusal to permit the or otherwise, in the required by law
community, latter to be operated subject matter of to grant
province, state Partial strike: takes the dispute, which ULP strike: called
or country the form of exists between against the
Local or intermittent, them and their unfair labor
particular: one unannounced work employer (original practices of the
undertaken by stoppage, including strike; waged by employer,
workers in a slowdowns, the union primarily usually for the
particular unauthorized aggrieved) purpose of
enterprise, extension of rest Secondary strike: a making him
locality, or periods, and coercive measure desist from
occupation; it walkouts for adopted by workers further
usually portions of a shift or against an committing such
involves only for entire shifts employer practices
one union or - SLOWDOWN: connected by
only one willful reduction product or
industry in the rate of employment with
work by a group alleged unfair labor
of employees for conditions or
the purpose of practices (this is in
restricting the connection with a
output of the third person against
employer whom the workers
have a grievance,
and their employer
is dealing or has a
business
relationship with
such third person.
Sympathetic strike:
occurs when the
striking employees
have no demands
or grievances of
their own, but they
strike for the
purpose of directly
or indirectly aiding
others, without
direct relation to
the advancement of
the interest of the
strikers