strike for

strike for (something)

1. To engage in a cessation of work as a part of a job action demanding some desired outcome or result. Employees have been striking for more flexible parental leave. Teachers across the state are striking for better working conditions.
2. To engage in such a cessation of work for a particular length of time. We've been striking for weeks, and the company still hasn't budged an inch on this issue.
See also: strike
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also: strike
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • strike for (something)
  • strike over
  • strike over (something)
  • there's nothing (else) for it (but to do something)
  • there's nothing for it
  • there's only one thing for it
  • nothing for it
  • under control
  • be pushing at an open door
  • a stepping stone
References in classic literature
Here we are, the talk just starting of going out on sympathetic strike for the mill-workers.
The Valley of the Moon
(https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/yemen-bodega-brooklyn-immigration-ban/515670/) Yemeni bodega workers in New York City went on strike for a day in February to protest Trump's travel ban.
Nationwide Strikes Become More Common Under Trump
Thus, people on strike for the entire period are not counted as employed, because they are not on the payroll.
Understanding strikes in CES estimates
2008, 'Fairfax Staff Strike for "Future of Journalism"', Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 29 August.
Stop the presses: strikes in the Australian news media
(1) In Israel in 1973, when doctors went on strike for a month, mortality decreased by 50%.
Impact of 20-day strike in Polokwane Hospital (18 August-6 September 2010)
PNN Friday, 11th May, at least 10 Palestinian inmates, out of whom 8 are administrative detainees, have been on hunger strike for more than 45 days, and are in life-threatening danger.
Serious Danger to the Lives of at Least 10 Prisoners on Hunger Strike
The machinists, who have been on strike for 24 days, will vote on the contract Thursday.
Company Watch September 2005
The murder of a local dealer linked with his boss, Rodney Little, and Victor's subsequent confession mark Strike for the unwanted attention of the homicide detectives.
Which Way to the Promised Land?: Spike Lee's Clockers and the Legacy of the African American City
PASTA first went on strike for eight weeks in 1973, unsuccessfully seeking a staff seat on the board of trustees and the inclusion of full curators in the bargaining unit.
ART WORK
With the officials of the Board annulling prior agreements and rejecting new appeals, the federated shopmen's unions under the aegis of RED called a nationwide strike for July 1,1922.
Power At Odds: The 1922 National Railroad Shopmen's Strike
The flight crew union at JAC is planning a 48-hour strike starting Thursday, and the flight attendant union is planning to strike for a limited number of hours Thursday, officials of the unions said.
Airlines' unions planning to strike Thurs
At the time of the commercial strike for instance, some tenants had to come to the street to pick up from UPS and FedEx.
Owners, managers prepare for strike
Yale also promised to revoke the health benefits of any worker on strike for more than thirty days.
Class conflict and the classroom
The costs/benefits incurred during a strike for the average struck/nonstruck firm in this study's sample are measured as the cumulative average return calculated for the period [t.sub.a] through [t.sub.s] - 1 (CAR [[t.sub.a], [t.sub.s] - 1] of Table 1).
The economic effect of strikes on the shareholders of nonstruck competitors
Replacements ready, willing and able: A longtime air industry observer says Northwest has been preparing for the union strike for 18 months.
Company Watch August 2005