wildcat strikes
Spontaneous labor stoppages
Wildcat strikes are work stoppages initiated by workers without authorization from their union leadership.
The term suggests something untamed and unauthorized—workers walking off the job spontaneously rather than through official channels.
Management scrambled to respond when wildcat strikes shut down three plants.
Such strikes may violate collective bargaining agreements and leave workers without union protection.
- walkoutsOrganized work stoppages
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
walk off the job · protest · unions · trade union · dispute · worker solidarity · grievances · labor dispute · scabs · direct action · work to rule · industrial action · rank-and-file · spontaneity · work stoppages · syndicalism · union organizing · employment disputes
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- labor disputeswalkout, walkouts, labor disputes, labor dispute, lockout
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
- labor movementspicket lines, unionization, labor organizing, collective action, walkouts
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, pickets, picket line
wildcat strikeslabor peace
Absence of work stoppages
collective bargaining · business as usual · cooling-off periods · binding arbitration
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