Those playing their part by going on strike? Presumably, they attract prolonged applause! (4,8)

'presumably they attract prolonged applause' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'those playing their part by going on strike?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'part' could be 'stop' (stop is a kind of part) and 'stop' is found in the answer.
'by' could be 'per' and 'per' is present in the answer.
'strike?' could be 'show' (striking is a kind of showing) and 'show' is found in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?