Reverse Dictionary: STRIKE (work stoppage)

ADJECTIVES
L19 ► SCAB pert. to strike-breakers or strike-breaking → sl.

NOUNS
1889 ► TIE-UP a stoppage of work or business, esp. on account of a lock-out or strike
20C ► SCABBERY the betrayal of one’s fellow workers, the breaking of a strike → Aust. & US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
– BLACK a blackleg, a person who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union; a person who takes a striker’s place …1826 sl. obs.
– BLACK-LEG a person who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union; a person who takes a striker’s place …1844 depreciative usage
– BLACK-NEB a workman who refuses to join a trades union a workman willing to work for a master whose men are on strike; a strike-breaker …1832 Sc., depreciative usage
– BLACK NOB a blackleg, a strike-breaker, a non-unionist …1838 Sc. depreciative usage
– BLACK SHEEP a strike-breaker …1832 sl.
– FINK a strikebreaker …E20 US sl.
– FINK a guard hired to protect strikebreakers …E20 US sl.
– JACK a non-union labourer; a strike-breaker; a member of the Permanent and Casual Waterside Workers’ Union …1940s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘Jack McNab’ = a scab
– JACK-LEG a blackleg; a person who continues working when fellow workers are on strike; a strike-breaker  …1888 Amer. sl. 
– RAT a person who refuses to strike, or takes the place of a striking worker; also, a non-union worker; a person who works for lower wages than the usual or trade union rate …1824 orig. US
– SCAB a worker who refuses to join a labour union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker’s place on the job, or the like; a strike-breaker …1777
– SCABBIE a strike-breaker, or anyone who stands out against a mass action …1777
– SCALIE a strike-breaker or anyone who stands out against a mass action …1777 
– SNOB a strike-breaker …M19 sl.
– SNOBSTICK a strike-breaker …M19 sl.
– YELLOW LEG a strikebreaker …1930 US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON – OTHER
1931 ► SCAB HERDER a detective or policeman assigned to protect strikebreakers entering or leaving a factory → sl. 

VERBS
19C ► SCAB to brand a company or fellow worker as a strike-breaker
19C ► SCAB to break a strike, to refuse to join a union or any form of mass action
1946 ► HIT THE BRICKS to go on strike → US sl.