A large corporation employs nurses all over the United States.Nurses in one agency learned that fellow nurses in another agency are striking because they are required to work 16-hour shifts to cover for nurses who have left due to unsafe staffing practices.The union of the non-striking agency nurses decides to stop work to support the nurses who are striking.Which statement describes this action?

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The nurses are engaging in a sympathy strike, which is a form of industrial action in which workers strike in support of other workers striking at a different company or location, and it can be legal depending on the circumstances and the laws governing labor relations in the jurisdiction.

A Large Corporation Employs Nurses All Over the United States