• Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    What’s a wildcat strike?

    It’s when union members strike without authorization from the Union Leadership.

    Why do so many American idioms start with wildcat?

    This is a much mroe interesting question that I don’t think I have a satisfying answer for. USians have loved Wildcats (or Lynx, Bobcats, Ocelots) since like the 1800’s.

    E) I think the first broadly publicized use of it by US Americans was calling the senators who declared war on Britain in 1812 “Wildcats.”

    Is that good or bad from a leftist perspective?

    I think the correct answer to this is “It depends.”

    Are there even any wildcats involved?

    No, not in most cases. sicko-wistful