Strike Jokes / Recent Jokes
Elves refused to cross picket lines around their workshops today, putting pressure on Santa to grant them Christmas Day off, "like everyone else on the planet." Gnomes and trolls have been brought in as replacements.
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Why did the bees go on strike? Because they wanted more honey and shorter working flowers!
Israel Lecturers agree to end 89-day university strike
Nigeria ITUC condemns assassination of transport trade union leader
Jamaica Union-to-Union agreement sees 40 Jamaican carpenters get jobs in Canada
Poland Coal miners on hunger strike 1000m below ground while hundreds picket
Europe Trade unions, business leaders warn EU carbon emissions plan harms European jobs and industry.
After Quasimodo's death, the bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bellringer was needed. The bishop decided that he would conduct the interviews personally and went up into the belfry to begin the screening process. After observing several applicants demonstrate their skills, he had decided to call it a day - when an armless man approached him and announced that he was there to apply for the bell ringer's job.
The bishop was incredulous. "You have no arms!"
"No matter," said the man, "observe!" He then began striking the bells with his face, producing a beautiful melody on the carillon. The bishop listened in astonishment, convinced that he had finally found a suitable replacement for Quasimodo.
Suddenly, rushing forward to strike a bell, the armless man tripped and plunged headlong out of the belfry window to his death in the street below.
The stunned bishop more...
Why did the rabbits go on strike? They wanted a better celery!
A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world," he announced. Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed. "Strike One!" he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball and said again,"I'm the greatest hitter in the world!" He tossed the ball into the air. When it came down he swung again and missed. "Strike Two!" he cried. The boy then paused a moment to examine his bat and ball carefully. He spit on his hands and rubbed them together. He straightened his cap and said once more, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world!" Again he tossed the ball up in the air and swung at it. He missed. "Strike Three!" "Wow!" he exclaimed. "I'm the greatest pitcher in the world.
"Doctors at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York have gone on strike. Hospital officials say they will find out what the Doctors' demands are as soon as they can get a pharmacist over there to read the picket signs."