wildcat strike

noun

: a strike that is started by a group of workers without the approval of their union

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Staff in June staged a wildcat strike, forcing the Louvre to close temporarily. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Dec. 2025 The beating occurred during a wildcat strike by many officers that forced the governor to send in National Guard members to help keep order. — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 In response to reductions in wages, workers at a Pullman factory in Chicago began a wildcat strike, undertaken without the approval of union leadership. — USA Today, 6 May 2026 In June, a wildcat strike by gallery attendants, ticket agents and security staff delayed the museum’s daily opening, leaving thousands of visitors stranded beneath the pyramid. — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wildcat strike

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