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strike

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ID 682797 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain employment law; labour lawlabour disputes
  • töökatkestus, mis toimub töötajate või töötajate ühingu või liidu algatusel, saavutamaks tööandjalt või tööandjate ühingult või liidult järeleandmisi seaduslikes tööalastes nõudmistes
  • a collective refusal by workers, usually but not always organised in a trade union, to continue working, in order to put pressure on employers
  • a work stoppage by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer
  • a temporary stoppage of activities in protest against an act or condition
streik
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  • Streigi või töösulu korral on pooled kohustatud taas alustama läbirääkimisi kollektiivses töötülis kokkuleppele jõudmiseks.
strike
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  • general strike - stoppage of work by a substantial proportion of workers in each of a number of industries in an organized endeavour to achieve economic or political objectives. A strike covering only one industry cannot properly be called a general strike.

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  • strike 'streik'

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