Word: strike
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among the applause and cheers was some harsh heckling from a woman partisan of I.R.A. prisoners who are currently engaged in a "dirt strike," a euphemism for a protest in which they wear no clothes and refuse sanitary facilities. Later Thatcher helicoptered to the British army's most beleaguered Irish outpost, Crossmaglen, a heavily fortified and often attacked base in an area notorious for I.R.A. activity. Her speedy show of the flag in Ulster met with a sturdy rebuff from the I.R.A. Said a statement from the Provos: "The Iron Maiden's declaration of war is nothing...
...last week picked General Motors as its "target" for a strike if an industry contract is not reached by the Sept. 14 deadline. Unlike the four confrontations, all of which ended in strikes, the prebargaining negotiations remained uncharacteristically restrained and calm, and prospects for a no-strike settlement seem reasonable...
...ongoing strike of clerical workers threatens to disrupt Boston University, even though B.U. students returned to classes last week as scheduled...
District 65, Distributive Workers of America, struck for 19 days last spring to gain recognition. After summer-long negotiations proved unsatisfactory, the local voted to strike Friday...
...effect of a clerical strike is extremely cumulative," she added, referring to a backlog of paperwork building...