Meaning

1 senses
  1. A labor strike that has not been authorized by the leaders of a trade union.

    wilder Streik

    стихи́йная забасто́вкаstixíjnaja zabastóvka, спонта́нная забасто́вкаspontánnaja zabastóvka

    a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom organized a wildcat strike.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
labour strike not authorized by the leaders of a trade union:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
labour strike not authorized by the leaders of a trade union:

Origin

From wildcat (“illegal, risky”) + strike.

From wildcat (“illegal, risky”) + strike.

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Forms

plural: wildcat strikes
Singularwildcat strike
Pluralwildcat strikes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwildcatter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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