lightning strike
noun [C] UK HRDefinition
› a situation where employees stop work suddenly and without warning because of a disagreement with their employer about job conditions, job losses, pay, etc.: Union representatives called a lightning strike over a deadlock with the railway. → Compare wildcat strike
(Definition of lightning strike noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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