Strike
In July 2011, Papuan copper miners went on strike in support of increasing their wages up from their current rate of about $1.50 an hour. As a result of the industrial action, production at the mine halted for a week.
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Famous quotes containing the word strike:
“An angry fist will not strike a smiling face.”
—Chinese proverb.
“We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.”
—George Farquhar (1678–1707)
“So, instead of spending my strength quarreling with the hand, I would strike for the heart of that great tyranny.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)