Notable wildcat strikes Wildcat strike action

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pullman strike (illinois, 1894)
putilov factory strike (petrograd, russia, 1917)
victorian police strike (australia, 1923)
memphis sanitation strike (memphis, tennessee, 1968)
may 68 (france, 1968)
chrysler wildcat strike (michigan, 1968)
strike against segregation , racism in chicago public schools (chicago 1968)
uk miners strike (1969)
strike equal pay female textile workers, leeds , surrounding towns (uk). inspiration film leeds united
strike @ pilkington glass works in st. helens, uk (1970) inspiration film rank , file.
us postal strike (1970)
winter of discontent (uk, 1978-1979)
jeffboat wildcat strike (indiana, 2001)
dhaka strikes (bangladesh, 2006)
toronto transit commission wildcat strike (canada, 2006)
freightliner wildcat strike (north carolina, 2007)
2009 lindsey oil refinery strikes
spanish air traffic controllers strike, 2010
marikana miners strike (south africa, 2012)
alberta union of provincial employees 2013 wildcat strike

there cases union recognition of strike complicated. example, during year-long british miners strike of 1984-5, national executive supported strike many area councils regarded strike unofficial, ballots @ area level had produced majority votes against strike , no ballot ever taken @ national level.








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