How to Use sympathy strike in a Sentence

sympathy strike

noun
  • By July, sympathy strikes were underway in 23 states.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • According to the email, the district has already threatened to discipline CSEA members who engage in a sympathy strike.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • What To Know The nurse's union planned to engage in a sympathy strike on November 17 and 18 alongside other unions within the university system.
    — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The union noted that SEIU Local 1021, which represents school clerks and custodians, has also called a sympathy strike.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Nurses working in the University of California (UC) system will go on a sympathy strike later this month in solidarity with other health care workers protesting against UC.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Classified employees — or non-teaching staff who support school operations such instructional aids, paraprofessionals, custodians, food service workers and bus drivers — will not hold a collective sympathy strike, although individual members are legally allowed to do so.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In March 2023, UTLA staged a sympathy strike, joining the three-day walkout of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The United Administrators of San Francisco, which represents 253 principals, assistant principals, program administrators, and supervisors across the district, said its members voted to authorize the sympathy strike.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

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