Sympathy strike and Work stoppage

Sympathy strike noun - A strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer.

Work stoppage and sympathy strike are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work stoppage" instead a noun phrase "Sympathy strike".

Work stoppage noun - A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions.

Sympathy strike and work stoppage are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Sympathy strike" with "Work stoppage", this phrases are similar.