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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>pen-down strike</b> (sometimes known as a <b>tool-down strike</b> or <b>dropping pen</b>), is a form of nonviolent <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike action</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Nonviolent_resistance" title="Nonviolent resistance">peaceful protest</a> in which an organized group of private, <a href="/wiki/Public_service" title="Public service">government workers</a> or its associated <a href="/wiki/Professional" title="Professional">professionals</a> partially attends their offices in <a href="/wiki/Public_sector" title="Public sector">public</a> or <a href="/wiki/Private_sector" title="Private sector">private sector</a> without being involved in <a href="/wiki/Office_management" title="Office management">office management</a> or simply <a href="/wiki/Duty" title="Duty">duty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nagaland_Post_2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nagaland_Post_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pen-down usually leading employees to stop their work in protest of to meet their official or professional demands as <a href="/wiki/Promise" title="Promise">promised</a> or <a href="/wiki/Signature" title="Signature">signed</a> between an employer, organization, government and their employees.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In government departments, it is usually observed by the non-gazetted employees in a <a href="/wiki/Civil_disobedience" title="Civil disobedience">civil disobedience</a> manner by the workers in an attempt to reach to a <a href="/wiki/Consensus_decision-making" title="Consensus decision-making">consensus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In some countries, a pen-down strike may not be recognized <a href="/wiki/Violation_of_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Violation of law">violation of law</a>. In India, pen-down is mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Disputes_Act,_1947" title="Industrial Disputes Act, 1947">Industrial Disputes Act, 1947</a> which defines it as a "labour action".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since it is a <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbolic</a> or a nonviolence protest, it achieves <a href="/wiki/Goal" title="Goal">goals</a> without being involved in a <a href="/wiki/Direct_action" title="Direct action">direct action</a> and <a href="/wiki/Demonstration_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Demonstration (political)">demonstration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pen-down strike was popularized by the government or private employees in India and Pakistan where workers widely observe pen down strikes in order to fulfill their claims or requirements associated with their job or <a href="/wiki/Emotion" title="Emotion">emotions</a>. Sometimes, a pen-down strike is observed in <a href="/wiki/Solidarity" title="Solidarity">solidarity</a> with other employees working in relevant field when there has been any <a href="/wiki/Discrimination" title="Discrimination">discrimination</a> or unlawful activity found as seen by the employees.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pen-down strikes are also seen at <a href="/wiki/Public_hospital" title="Public hospital">public hospitals</a> where doctors hold a partial protest and refuse to aid <a href="/wiki/Therapy" title="Therapy">medical treatment</a> to patients, excluding in times of <a href="/wiki/Medical_emergency" title="Medical emergency">life-threatening</a> situations, and while it is a nonviolent protest or strike, employees continue to work in <a href="/wiki/Emergency_department" title="Emergency department">emergency departments</a> and provide <a href="/wiki/Emergency_medicine" title="Emergency medicine">emergency medicine</a> to patients.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tribuneindia_News_Service_2019_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribuneindia_News_Service_2019-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pen-down_strike&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunger_strike" title="Hunger strike">Hunger 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