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wildcat strike
Word definitions for wildcat strike in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The closed shop and the wildcat strike have undermined the legitimacy of modern trade unionism.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a labour strike that has not been authorized by the leaders of the union
Usage examples of wildcat strike.
When she finally got to the head of the queue at the information-desk, she'was told that a wildcat strike by the French air-traffic controllers had delayed all flights by up to five hours, and that the Athens flight was fully booked.
I'd only seen her do that once before, when I was small and the union went out on a wildcat strike.