: a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages) Note: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced …

4 days ago · Some 20,000 nurses representing 12 hospitals at 13 locations spread across all five boroughs are preparing to ring in the new year with a general strike that could last for 10 days.

if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working …

3 days ago · Over 20,000 nurses could strike in what would be the biggest nurse strike in New York City history if hospitals do not agree to contract negotiations.

When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.

Dec 23, 2025 · Union leaders accuse hospital administrators at the 12 hospitals of trying to cut staff, wages and health care benefits for nurses.

6 days ago · The attack was the 30th announced by the U.S. military since early September. It came days after President Trump said the U.S. had struck a coastal site related to drugs and Venezuela.

3 days ago · - On Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, NYSNA nurses at 12 private sector hospitals delivered 10-day strike notices. Delivered two days after contract expiration on Dec. 31, 2025, these notices give …

Definition of strike noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

4 days ago · New York braces for unprecedented healthcare showdown. Twenty thousand nurses from the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the largest nurses’ union in the state, are ready to …