Sit-down strike

Definition
: a strike during which employees remain in and occupy the employer's premises as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands
This form of strike has been illegal according to both statute and case law since the early 1940s.



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slight negligence

failure to exercise the great degree of care typical of an extraordinarily prudent person


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