general strike

general strike

English

Noun

general strike (plural general strikes)

1. A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.

Translations

work stoppage

Aragonese: vada cheneral f Asturian: güelga xeneral f Basque: greba orokor Catalan: vaga general f Czech: generální stávka f Esperanto: ĝenerala striko Estonian: üldstreik Finnish: yleislakko (fi) French: grève générale (fr) f Galician: folga xeral (gl)

German: Generalstreik (de) m Italian: sciopero generale m Japanese: ゼネスト (ja) (zenesuto) Maltese: strajk ġenerali Portuguese: greve geral f Russian: всео́бщая забасто́вка f (vseóbščaja zabastóvka) Spanish: huelga general (es) f Swedish: storstrejk c Turkish: genel grev