Priority strike

The main strike , also a punctual strike, is the normal case in industrial disputes . In contrast to the full strike, it promises the greatest efficiency with the least use of funds (strike money) . Selected companies in an industry that hold key positions are on strike, and as a result large areas of the industry are paralyzed. The procedure is similar when a single company is on strike. Instead of the entire company, only individual areas of the company (for example the paint shop of an automobile manufacturer) are on strike.

Increasing outsourcing increased in the 1970s and 1980s, the companies' dependence on their suppliers. The declared strategy of the trade unions at the beginning of the 80s was therefore to paralyze entire branches of industry through strikes in selected suppliers and to spare their own strike fund through the small number of strikers. The employers reacted to this strategy with extensive "cold" lockouts of the companies that could no longer work due to a lack of preliminary products. In 1986, the amendment to Section 116 of the Employment Promotion Act was directed against this :

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