wildcat strike

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

   Broaderstrike

Questions about wildcat strike

What does wildcat strike mean?

wildcat strike means "a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union".

Is wildcat strike a common word?

wildcat strike is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.