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wildcat strikes

wildcat strikes is the plural of wildcat strike.

Meaning of wildcat strike

Noun

wildcat strike (plural wildcat strikes)

  1. (organized labor) A labor strike that has not been authorized by the leaders of a trade union.
    • Organized workers must have their strike backed by the union. If the employer can bargain with his workers only through the union, the workers must also use the same channel. Hence "wildcat" strikes are outlawed, unless the circumstances are so unusual that the unions have ceased really to...1963, Austin Fagothey, “Work and Wages”, in Right and Reason: Ethics in Theory and Practice, 3rd edition, St. Louis, Mo.: C. V. Mosby Company, →OCLC, page 399
    Synonyms:
    wildcat

Questions about wildcat strikes

What is wildcat strikes the plural of?
Wildcat strikes is the plural of wildcat strike.

Words near wildcat strikes in the dictionary

  1. wildcat note
  2. wildcat notes
  3. wildcat sandwich
  4. wildcat sandwiches
  5. wildcat strike
  6. wildcat strikes
  7. wildcat well
  8. wildcat wells
  9. wildcats
  10. wildcatted
  11. wildcatter

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