noun
- plural of gherao; instances of workers preventing employers or managers from leaving a workplace until demands are met
Usage: chiefly Indian English; labor/industrial relations context
Examples
- The factory workers organized gheraoes to demand better working conditions.
- Multiple gheraoes across the textile industry disrupted production last month.
- Management agreed to negotiate after the gheraoes lasted several days.
- Labor unions have used gheraoes as a tactic to pressure employers for wage increases.