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[[File:Ladies tailors strikers.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Female tailors on strike, New York City, February 1910.]]

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'''Strike action''', also called '''labor strike''', '''labour strike''', or simply '''strike''', is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of [[employee]]s to [[Labor (economics)|work]]. A strike usually takes place in response to [[grievance (labour)|employee grievances]]. Strikes became common during the [[Industrial Revolution]], when [[Labour economics|mass labor]] became important in factories and mines. In most countries, strike actions were quickly made illegal,{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} as factory owners had far more [[Power (social and political)|power]] than workers. Most Western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.