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Wildcat Strike

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Wildcat Strike
A strike that employees take in small or large groups without the authorization of union representatives. This may happen when the employees believe both the union and the employer are treating them unfairly. Wildcat strikes are illegal in the United States. See also: Winter of Discontent.
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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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