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wildcat strike

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wildcat strike
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a strike begun by workers spontaneously or without union approval
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Noun1.wildcat strike - a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union
strike, work stoppage - a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"
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wildcat strike n → sciopero (a gatto) selvaggio
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WORKERS at a Black Country factory sacked after a wildcat strike over alleged racial abuse have today been offered hope of a reprieve after bosses agreed to meet for talks with MP Khalid Mahmood.
Reprieve hope for fired staff by Birmingham Mail (England)
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Wildcat strikes spread across UK by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
Byline: RHIANNON BEACHAM A DISPUTE over jobs at an oil refinery escalated yesterday when thousands of workers took wildcat strike action and sacked construction employees burned their dismissal notices in an act of defiance against French oil giant Total.
Wildcat strikes spread after plant sackings by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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