wildcat strike

wildcat strike
wildcat strike see strike

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

wildcat strike
n.
A strike not authorized or organized by a labor union, usually illegal.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


wildcat strike
An employee work stoppage that is not authorized by the labor union to which the employees belong.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


wildcat strike
An employee work stoppage that is not authorized by the labor union to which the employees belong.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • wildcat strike — UK [ˈwɪldkæt ˌstraɪk] / US [ˈwɪldkæt ˌstraɪk] noun [countable] Word forms wildcat strike : singular wildcat strike plural wildcat strikes a lightning strike …   English dictionary

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  • wildcat strike — {n.}, {informal} A strike not ordered by a labor union; a strike spontaneously arranged by a group of workers. * /The garbage collectors have gone on a wildcat strike, but the union is going to stop it./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • wildcat\ strike — noun informal A strike not ordered by a labor union; a strike spontaneously arranged by a group of workers. The garbage collectors have gone on a wildcat strike, but the union is going to stop it …   Словарь американских идиом

  • wildcat strike — a strike not ordered by a labor union but spontaneously by a group of workers There was a wildcat strike at the factory last night …   Idioms and examples

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