strike for

strike for something

to conduct a work stoppage in order to gain something. The workers were striking for longer vacations. We are striking for higher pay.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jurriaan	YUR-ree-ah:n	Dutch
Ruairidh	-	Scottish
Belinda	bə-LIN-də	English
Milorad	-	Serbian, Croatian
Arif	-	Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali
Marly	MAHR-lee	English (Rare)