strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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The union vote this week involving roughly 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the latest sign of momentum for the UAW since union members went on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers last fall.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 May 2024
Staffers at the first unionized Apple store have voted to authorize a strike against the company for failing to negotiate better wages and working schedules.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 May 2024
Such an action could be a preemptive strike against a Supreme Court poised to unravel the regulatory framework established during the New Deal.
—TIME, 13 May 2024
Tech giant Apple is poised to see its first-ever strike on its retail operations after staff at a store in Maryland voted to authorize a strike against the company.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 12 May 2024
On Monday, some junior associates called for a strike against the firm, according to a post on Reddit, until demands for better management of working hours for junior associates are met.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Iran was launching a massive strike against an airbase near the family's village.
—Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
Iran on Saturday night unleashed a retaliatory strike against Israel, sending a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials said.
—Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024
One of his top critics, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Johnson’s vote against the warrant requirement was another strike against him.
—Farnoush Amiri and Eric Tucker, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 May 2024
Staffers at the first unionized Apple store have voted to authorize a strike against the company for failing to negotiate better wages and working schedules.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 May 2024
Such an action could be a preemptive strike against a Supreme Court poised to unravel the regulatory framework established during the New Deal.
—TIME, 13 May 2024
Tech giant Apple is poised to see its first-ever strike on its retail operations after staff at a store in Maryland voted to authorize a strike against the company.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 12 May 2024
On Monday, some junior associates called for a strike against the firm, according to a post on Reddit, until demands for better management of working hours for junior associates are met.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Iran was launching a massive strike against an airbase near the family's village.
—Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
Iran on Saturday night unleashed a retaliatory strike against Israel, sending a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials said.
—Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024
One of his top critics, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Johnson’s vote against the warrant requirement was another strike against him.
—Farnoush Amiri and Eric Tucker, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
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