Dictionary entry

Strikebreaker

Pronunciation: /ˈstrʌɪkbreɪkə/

Pronunciation

/ˈstrʌɪkbreɪkə/

Myanmar Meaning

သပိတ်လှန်သူ။ သပိတ်မှောက် သူနေရာတွင်ဝင်လုပ် သူ။

Definition

strikebreaker /'straÇkbreÇkǝ(r)/ n သပိတ္လွန္သူ။ သပိတ္ေမွာက္ သူေနရာတြင္ဝင္လုပ္ သူ။ See also BLACKLEG strike-breaking n [U] ❏ striker /'straÇkǝ(r)/ n ၁။ သပိတ္ေမွာက္သူ။ ၂။ ေရွ႕တန္း တိုက္စစ္မႉး။ See also FORWARD adj

Examples

  1. ‘Northwest is hiring strike-breakers at the Doubletree Hotel in Romulus
  2. only a mile-and-a-half from here.’
  3. ‘Southampton fans became known to Portsmouth supporters as ‘scummers’
  4. an insult initially directed at the strike-breakers.’
  5. ‘They pose as recruiters
  6. but both the local mayor and the miners assume they will be strike-breakers.’
  7. ‘The local press ignored them
  8. probably because there was no colliery in the community and there was therefore no local story of strike-breakers crossing picket lines.’
  9. ‘It illegally sacked its entire waterfront workforce and attempted to replace them with secretly trained strike-breakers.’
  10. ‘Other issues related to picketing were the number of strike-breakers and the way striking miners treated them in the local community.’
  11. ‘Originally VW contemplated closing the works for two or three months in order to train strike-breakers.’
  12. ‘I've got strike-breakers on speed-dial
  13. Norma.’
  14. ‘Despite the flimsiness of the evidence against him
  15. town inhabitants are whipped into a mob frenzy by a man who acknowledges that he is a strike-breaker.’
  16. ‘The Kerala police chief also appealed for people ‘to confront the strike’ and assist strike-breakers.’
  17. ‘The Municipal Corporation has employed strike-breakers.’
  18. ‘In order to achieve its demands
  19. Northwest provoked a strike and invested millions of dollars to train strike-breakers.’
  20. ‘Striking workers were attacked by paid strike-breakers and police - many were literally beaten to death on behalf of the state.’
  21. ‘Last month a professional strike-breaker ran down and critically injured a strike supporter.’
  22. ‘In some workplaces part-timers were not part of the bargaining unit
  23. and thus potential strike-breakers.’
  24. ‘Photographs from the time show pickets trying to stop strike-breakers entering Warner Brothers in 1946.’
  25. ‘The government has threatened to declare any action illegal and use strike-breakers to maintain services.’
  26. ‘The workers are also concerned about the NAC's willingness to employ strike-breakers.’
  27. ‘The plan had been to lock strike-breakers in spare bedrooms so they couldn't speak to current workers.’
  28. ‘Management claims that its operations are almost normal because 1
  29. 000 workers returned to work after LCMC started hiring strike-breakers in early July.’