- Railroad strike
Railroad strike may refer to Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Great Railroad Strike of 1922 Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 South Korean railroad strike of 2006 See also Category Rail transport strikes disambiguation ... more details
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- The Strike (disambiguation)
The Strike can refer to The Strike , a long running series of Comic Strip Presents... short comedy films The Strike film The Strike film , a 1914 Swedish film directed by Victor Sj str m The Strike Seinfeld The Strike Seinfeld , an episode of Seinfeld Bass Pro Shops The Strike , an video game for the Xbox 360 and Wii that is often shorted to The Strike . The Strike was a working title for Ayn Rand s novel Atlas Shrugged . disambig ... more details
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- Strike Back
Strike Back may refer to Strike Back album Strike Back album , a 1986 album by the German band Steeler Strike Back , a 2007 novel by author Chris Ryan Strike Back TV series Strike Back TV series , a 2010 TV series based on the Ryan novel Strike Back Project Dawn , a 2011 second Strike Back television series disambiguation nl Strike Back ... more details
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- Strike Team
Strike Team may refer to Strike Team, a special unit of firefighters in South Australia s Country Fire Service Strike Team, the fictional tactical unit on The Shield Strike Team, a team of the U.S. Coast Guard s Deployable Operations Group National Strike Force NSF National Strike Force disambig ... more details
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- Nuclear strike
Nuclear strike may refer to Nuclear warfare An installation in the Strike series of video games Nuclear Strike Spooks Nuclear Strike , an episode of the BBC television series Spooks disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
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- Strike It Rich
Strike It Rich can refer to Strike It Rich 1950s TV series Strike It Rich 1950s TV series , an American game show Strike It Rich 1986 game show Strike It Rich 1986 game show , an American show hosted by Joe Garagiola Strike It Lucky , a 1980s and 1990s British game show later known as Strike It Rich Strike It Rich film Strike It Rich film , a 1990 comedy starring Robert Lindsay and Molly Ringwald Strike It Rich 1933 film , a 1933 comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott Strike It Rich 1949 film Strike It Rich 1949 film , a comedy starring Rod Cameron and Bonita Granville Alternative title for the 1965 South African film Kimberley Jim disambig ... more details
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- Strike Command
Strike Command , a military formation military formation , can mean either RAF Strike Command 1968 2007 United States Strike Command 1961 1972 disambig ... more details
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- Motion to strike
A motion to strike can be defined in several contexts Motion to strike court of law for judicial definition Motion to strike United States Congress for legislative definition disambig ... more details
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- Foot strike
Foot strike may refer to Foot strike gait how the foot contacts the ground when walking or running. A strike attack using the foot, such as a kick. disambig ... more details
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- Desert Strike
Desert Strike may refer to Desert Strike Return to the Gulf , a 1992 video game, first in the Strike series of shooters Operation Desert Strike , a 1996 series of cruise missile strikes on Iraq by the United States also a 1964 large scale U.S. Army training exercise in southern California disambig de Desert Strike ... more details
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- Third Strike
Third strike may refer to Three strikes law A strikeout in baseball Third Strike album Third Strike album , a 2010 album by Tinchy Stryder Street Fighter III 3rd Strike 3rd Strike , a rap rock group See also Three strikes disambiguation disambig ... more details
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- Postal strike
The term postal strike or mail strike may refer to U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike 1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike 2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes 2009 Royal Mail industrial disputes disambig ... more details
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- Cobra Strike
Cobra Strike may refer to G.I. Joe Cobra Strike , a video game for the Atari 2600 Cobra Strike band Cobra Strike , a side project of musician Buckethead Cobra Strike , a science fiction novel by Timothy Zahn disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
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- Gold Strike
Gold Strike is used in several ways including It is the term used when a Prospecting prospector finds gold. Other uses Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall Nevada Gold Strike Resort and Casino , Tunica Resorts, Mississippi Gold Strike Hotel Defunct hotel and casino near Boulder City, Nevada Gold Strike drink The alcoholic drink known by the name of Gold Strike Gold Strike horse , Canadian Champion racehorse disambig ... more details
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- Strike Force
Strike Force may refer to Strike Force TV series Strike Force TV series , a 1981 ABC television series starring Robert Stack Strike Force video game Strike Force video game , a 1991 video game Strike Force professional wrestling , a professional wrestling tag team Strike Force , a 2003 film also known as The Librarians film The Librarians film . Aussie Strike Force , a Nat Geo Wild TV channel series starring Jamie Seymour, an Australian marine biologist and venom expert. Strike Force may also refer to Strikeforce , a mixed martial arts promotion Strike Force France , the French nuclear deterrent, a.k.a. the Force de frappe Strikeforce Morituri , a science fiction comic published by Marvel Comics . Commandos Strike Force , a video game Theatre Strike Force , a college improvisation troupe Strike force, military term for the military unit of a special assault assignment compare to quick reaction force in defense tactics disambig it Strike Force ... more details
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- Strike pay
Portal Organized labour Strike pay is the name of payments made by a trade union to workers who are on strike action strike as help in meeting their basic needs while on strike, often out of a special reserve accounting reserve known as a strike fund . Union workers reason that the availability of strike pay increases their leverage at the collective bargaining bargaining table and actually decreases the probability of a strike, since the employers are aware that their employees have this financial resource available to them if they choose to strike. ref http www.unitedafa.org contract negotiations strike value default.aspx The Value of a Strike Fund Association of Flight Attendants CWA website access date September 22, 2011 ref In the United Kingdom Whilst some trade unions make payments to members who are on an official strike there is no requirement to do so. The UK government makes the presumption that workers on official strike action are being paid strike pay, and so they may not be entitled to welfare financial aid state benefits . Strike fund A strike fund is a reserve set up by a union ahead of time through special assessment s or from general funds and used to provide strike pay or for other strike related activities. Sources http www.eurofound.eu.int emire emire.html European Employment and Industrial Relations Glossaries Online References reflist Category Labour relations Category Trade unions Trade union stub ... more details
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- Baseball strike
A strike in baseball results when a batting baseball batter swings at and misses a pitch baseball pitch , doesn t swing at a pitch in the strike zone or hits a foul ball that is not caught. Baseball strike may also refer to 1972 Major League Baseball strike 1973 Major League Baseball lockout 1976 Major League Baseball lockout 1980 Major League Baseball strike 1981 Major League Baseball strike 1985 Major League Baseball strike 1990 Major League Baseball lockout 1994 95 Major League Baseball strike 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball strike disambig ... more details
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- Alpha strike
Alpha strike may refer to Alpha strike engineering , when an alpha particle enters and causes damage to the data contained in a computer processor. Alpha strike gaming , a massive all out attack launched near the beginning of a tabletop wargame. Alpha strike United States Navy , a large air attack by an aircraft carrier air wing. disambig ... more details
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- Strike notice
orphan date February 2012 unreferenced date February 2012 A strike notice or notice to strike is a document served by members of a trade union or an analogous body of workers to an employer or negotiator stating an intent to commit an upcoming strike action . The document largely contains an overview of Grievance labour grievances and conditions a statement that negotiations with the employer have failed an intended time and duration for the strike advice to prepare for the impact of the strike and return to the negotiating table at the earliest A strike notice is usually issued to an employer or negotiators after union leadership and participating workers have agreed on the set terms of a strike action. In contrast, a wildcat strike action usually involves workers going on strike without the approval of union leadership or the serving of a notice. Strike notices are often legally required of public sector workers or unions within a specific period i.e., 10 days before the intended strike action commencement . Category labor disputes Category Letters message ... more details
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- Military strike
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A military strike is a limited attack on a specified target. Strikes are used, amongst other things, to render facilities inoperable e.g. airport s , to Assassination assassinate enemy leaders, and to limit supply to enemy troops. A strike can often be the prelude to a war or siege , whose initial strike is for a strategic or tactical disruption, as opposed to all out victory. A strike accomplished by aircraft is known specifically as an airstrike . A strike designed to prevent the danger of a future condition or development is known as a pre emptive strike . DEFAULTSORT Military Strike Category Military operations by scale Strike Mil stub ... more details
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- Strike plate
Unreferenced date March 2007 Image A Lock and a Strike.jpg thumb 300px A strike plate included in the door jamb. A strike plate is a metal plate affixed to a door jamb with a hole or holes for the bolt of the door . When the door is closed, the bolt extends into the hole in the strike plate and holds the door closed. The strike plate protects the jamb against friction from the bolt and increases security in the case of a jamb made of a softer material such as wood than the strike plate. Some strike plates have their hole size and placement calculated so a spring bolt extends into the hole, but an adjacent anti retraction device remains depressed, preventing the bolt from being retracted unless the lock is turned. See also Electric strike DEFAULTSORT Strike Plate Category Locksmithing de Schlie blech no Mekanisk sluttstykke sv Slutbleck ... more details
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- Police strike
A police strike occurs when law enforcement is affected by a labour dispute . They are extremely rare ... throughout history when there has been a large scale strike among law enforcement, civil unrest has resulted. Police strikes British police strikes in 1918 and 1919 In 1918 the strike was settled the first day. In 1919 only 15 participated in the strike. 1919 Boston Police Strike The Boston Police Strike occurred in 1919 after the Police Commissioner refused to allow the creation of a police union. The strike plunged Boston into civil chaos, despite 300 officers remaining on duty.Coolidge stopped the chaos, and kept the city of Boston under control, 1923 Victorian Police strike Half the police force in Melbourne went on strike over the use of labour spies . Riots and looting followed. A request ..., about a third of the force. 1969 police strike in Cicero, Illinois The Town of Cicero, Illinois Police Strike led by Cook County, Illinois Cook County Police Assn President John J. Flood www.ipsn.org and Cicero Police Officer John R Marone was the first major strike job action in the United States since the Boston Police Strike of 1919. The strike was unique as the Town of Cicero, Al Capone s Headquarters, has been notoriously mob controlled. The Cicero Police strike, most violent of labor strife ... drew national and international attention as it was the first strike by American police officers since the famous Boston Police Strike of 1919. The Cicero strike drew national and international ... issues of governmental management. 1969 Montreal police strike The Montreal police went on strike, leading to the Murray Hill riot . The strike lasted for sixteen hours until the National Assembly of Quebec passed an emergency law forcing the police back to work. 1974 Baltimore police strike The Baltimore Police Strike occurred in 1974 in sympathy with 3,000 other municipal employes. Legality Some ... strike action under the Police Act 1996. The police have been banned from striking since 1919, when ... more details
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- Forearm strike
Lead too short date March 2009 A forearm strike is a Strike attack strike with the forearm , typically with the bone in the Anatomical terms of location medial side, the ulna . This can be done with a spinning motion to increase damage. Category Strikes martial arts martialart term stub ... more details
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- Shoulder strike
Merge to Strike attack date September 2011 A shoulder strike also referred to as a shoulder butt is a Strike attack strike with the anterior part of the shoulder . The shoulder strike can be used against the head of the opponent in close positions such as in a grappling position Stand up grappling position clinch or ground fighting , but is generally not considered to have knockout power . External links http stickgrappler.tripod.com rma gmhead.html Headbutts or How to be a Nutter . Section 3.2 discusses how shoulder strikes can be practiced. Category Strikes martial arts martialart term stub To practise shoulder strike in BaGua And Hsingi encourages the body to wrap power ready for discharge through the waist to the palm. ... more details
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- Barco Strike!
Unreferenced date August 2011 Orphan date April 2010 Barco Strike was a Vector based graphical user interface vector based drawing program targeted at the repro and print shop markets. It was developed by the Graphics division of the Barco Group from 1993 to the late 1990s on both Barco s own proprietary workstations and Silicon Graphics SGI computers. It was meant both as a replacement for the proprietary Aesthedes systems, and as a companion linework product to the Creator continuous tone software. Software modules Like Barco Creator, Strike was set up as a modular system. The base was the LW Brix linework software library unlimited zoom, unlimited undo redo, spline data, editable text, transparency etc. . File formats Strike could import PostScript data and convert this to the custom Barco format. It was also possible for Strike to use the optional PS Outline software to output files in Adobe Illustrator format. Hardware Strike ran on the proprietary Barco BG 2000 workstation, as well as the SGI Indigo, Indy and Crimson workstations. Release history class wikitable Version Hardware O S Release date Price Significant changes selected Strike 1.0 BG 2000, Indigo, Crimson IRIX ? September 1993 20.000 ? Strike 1.4 Indy IRIX ? September 1994 15.000 Alpha channel for all image formats Extended typesetting features DesignRules lock certain functions DesignLink networking w mac Strike 1.5 ? IRIX ? ? ? ? Strike 2.0 ? IRIX ? ? ? ? Strike 2.1 ? IRIX ? 1997? ? ? Strike 2.2 ? IRIX ? 1998? ? ? Strike 2.3 ? IRIX ? 1999? ? ? Availability Barco Strike was discontinued in the late 1990s, and was not picked up by Purup Eskofot after it purchased the Graphics division of Barco . Demo versions of both Barco Strike and Creator are available on the SGI Hot Mix 7 promotional CD ROM. See also Barco ColorTone Barco Creator Category Barco Graphics software Category Vector graphics editors Category IRIX software Category Technical communication tools ... more details
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