In most of the cases 'cessation of work', refusal to continue to work or refusal to accept employment is called strike. Which of the following does NOT come under the form of strike ?

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  1. Sit-down strike
  2. Hunger strike
  3. Gherao
  4. Work-to-rule

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Option 3 : Gherao
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The correct option is Gherao

Key PointsTypes of the strike which workers carried out are

  • Sit-down strike

​ a strike in which workers refuse to leave their workplace employment until a settlement is reached​​​​​​​

  • ​Hunger strike​​​​​
  • ​It is a form of non-violent resistance in which participants fast and the act of getting the right to be done by the authority in their struggle
  • Due financial and labor disagreement are the reasons for this kind of strikes
  • Work-to-rule
  • ​It is a job action  where employees do exactly what is stated in the written rules, procedure, and contract and nothing more to put pressure on the employer to agree to a fair contract

​ Important Points

  • Gherao is the act tactic used by the labors 
  • Similar to picketing usually a group of people  will surround the opposite party until their demands are agreed

​​Hence the correct answer is Gherao.

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