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by lotsofpulp 851 days ago
> Strikes of rail workers and doctors are of course strikes, but they are mostly limited to just not working,

Not working is the definition of a strike.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_action

> Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike and industrial action in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

Rioting and damaging property is not part of a strike. That is somewhere on the road to a war, or some other word for conflict resolution resulting involving violence.