general strike

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general strike

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a strike by all or most of the workers of a country, province, city, etc., esp (caps.) such a strike that took place in Britain in 1926

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general strike n → sciopero generale

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Baldwin bandh call general generally grip history order syndicalism syndicalist			, when war threatened between Austria and Italy, the socialists of Italy, Austria, and Hungary held a conference at Trieste, and threatened a general strike of the workingmen of both countries in case war was declared. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context For a generation the general strike had been the dream of organized labour, which dream had arisen originally in the mind of Debs, one of the great labour leaders of thirty years before. The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context			General of the Air Force General of the Army general officer general orders general paralysis of the insane general paresis general partnership General Post Office general practice general practitioner general public general purchasing agents general quarters general relativity general relativity theory General San Martín General Sarmiento general secretary General Security Services general semantics General Services Administration General ship general staff general stopping power general store general strike general support general support artillery general support-reinforcing General Synod General term general theory of relativity general unloading period general verdict general war General warrant general will general-purpose general-purpose bomb generalcy Generalia generalisation generalise generalised generalissimo generalist generality Generalizable generalization generalize generalized			General State of Health General State Police General State Police General State Space Markov Chain general statement General Station General Statistical Information on Recidivism General Statistics Office General Statute General Statute General Steam Navigation Company General Steel Castings General Steel Holdings, Inc. general stimulant general stimulant general stimulant general stimulant General Stock general stopping power general store general store general store General Store Publishing House General stores General stores General Stores Material General Stores Material List General Stores Supply Office General Straight-Line Depreciation System General Strategic Priorities Fund general strike General Strike of 1903 in Southern Russia General Strike of 1926 in Great Britain General Strike of 1968 in France General Strike Plan General strikes General strikes General strikes General Stroessner General Structural Analysis General Structural Notes General Structure Analysis System General Student Body General Student Service Fund General Studies in the Humanities General Studies Program General Studies Programme General Studies Thematic General Study General Subscriber Services Tariff General suffrage General suffrage General Suharto General Suharto General Sunday School Association General Superfield Quantization Method General superior general supervision General Supervision Enhancement Grant

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