Definition of Strike pay

1. Noun. Money paid to strikers from union funds.

Generic synonyms: Earnings, Pay, Remuneration, Salary, Wage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strike Pay

strike breaking
strike down
strike dumb
strike force
strike gold
strike hard
strike home
strike it lucky
strike leader
strike lucky
strike me pink
strike off
strike out
strike partner
strike partners
strike pay (current term)
strike plate
strike rate
strike rates
strike sheet
strike through
strike up
strike while the iron is hot
strike zone
strike zones
strikebound
strikebreaker
strikebreakers
strikebreaking
strikebreakings

Literary usage of Strike pay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Boycott in American Trade Unions by Leo Wolman (1916)
"No person can be put on strike pay-roll who was not at work in the shop when the strike took effect. " Decision 18. A member on pay-roll securing work must ..."

2. What's what in the Labor Movement: A Dictionary of Labor Affairs and Labor by Waldo Ralph Browne (1921)
"Sometimes strike pay is disbursed by two members chosen by the local union for the ... strike pay is sometimes known under other names—as for example, ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine (1879)
"1100 men on strike pay, 15s. per week for four weeks Net gain in wages and time, ... 1075 men on strike pay, at 15* per week, four weeks Gain in wages ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1879)
"1100 men on strike pay, 15*. per week for four weeks Net gain in wages and time, 10700 men 2*. ... 30017 Compensation repaid in the shape of strike pay . ..."

5. The Control of Strikes in American Trade Unions by George Milton Janes (1916)
"No person can be put on strike pay-roll who was not at work in the shop when the strike took effect. "Decision 18. A member on pay-roll securing work must ..."

6. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1879)
"64200 1050 men on strike pay, 1 5«. per week, four weeks Gain in wages and time, 9400 men 28. ... 900 men on strike pay, at 15*. per week for four weeks . ..."

7. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1889)
"strike pay at $3.75 per week, ... strike pay at $3.75 each per week, §16125 advance in wages at 66f cents each per week, ..."

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