A sit-down is a strike in which workers stop work but stay put in the workplace. Stage a sit-down.
They refuse to leave until their demands are met, which stops the plant being run by anybody else. The sit-down was used to enormous effect in American car factories in 1936 and 1937.
1nounsit-downA strike in which workers stop work but stay put in the workplace, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
“The sit-down lasted forty-four days and won the union recognition.”
sit-down is a strike.
Also accepted in games: sit-in
Deverbal from sit down.
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