wildcat strike
noun
: a strike that is started by a group of workers without the approval of their union
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The deal reached late Thursday night between New York State and the correction officers union in the 12-day-old wildcat strike that has caused turmoil in the prisons hinges on whether the officers will accept it — which was unclear Friday morning.
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
What To Know Hundreds of state correction officers picketed outside 25 facilities in a wildcat strike on Tuesday afternoon, according to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Two years later, twenty thousand West Virginia teachers walked out in a wildcat strike, protesting cuts to their health insurance.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
At the time, this wildcat strike was the largest in American history.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Employees reacted with a wildcat strike that served to drive another nail into the coffin.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
In Oakland, parent Lakisha Young said the wildcat strike took place largely at schools with predominantly Black and brown students and the sites with some of the lowest test scores.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2023
When Jacob Blake was shot by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, players on the Milwaukee Bucks, led by the point guard George Hill, refused to play in the bubble and nearly prompted the closest thing to a wildcat strike the league has ever seen in recent history.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
Hundreds of Oakland teachers from district middle schools and high schools staged a wildcat strike Friday, leaving many of the campuses mostly empty as many students skipped classes as well.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2023
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
What To Know Hundreds of state correction officers picketed outside 25 facilities in a wildcat strike on Tuesday afternoon, according to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Two years later, twenty thousand West Virginia teachers walked out in a wildcat strike, protesting cuts to their health insurance.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
At the time, this wildcat strike was the largest in American history.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Employees reacted with a wildcat strike that served to drive another nail into the coffin.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
In Oakland, parent Lakisha Young said the wildcat strike took place largely at schools with predominantly Black and brown students and the sites with some of the lowest test scores.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2023
When Jacob Blake was shot by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, players on the Milwaukee Bucks, led by the point guard George Hill, refused to play in the bubble and nearly prompted the closest thing to a wildcat strike the league has ever seen in recent history.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
Hundreds of Oakland teachers from district middle schools and high schools staged a wildcat strike Friday, leaving many of the campuses mostly empty as many students skipped classes as well.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2023
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