wildcat strikes

Examples of wildcat strikes in the following topics:

• Strikes

  • Strike action, also called a labor strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
  • Strikes without formal union authorization are also known as wildcat strikes.
  • In many countries, wildcat strikes do not enjoy the same legal protections as recognized union strikes, and may result in penalties for the union members who participate.
  • Such strikes may be a form of "partial strike" or "slowdown. "
  • Companies may also take out strike insurance prior to an anticipated strike, helping to offset the losses which the strike would cause.

• National Labor Relations Act

  • The law holds that wildcat strikes are illegal, and that workers must formally request that the National Labor Relations Board end their association with their labor union if they feel that the union is not sufficiently supportive of them before they can legally go on strike.
  • In addition, employers campaigned over the years to outlaw a number of union practices such as closed shops; secondary boycotts; jurisdictional strikes; mass picketing; strikes in violation of contractual no-strike clauses; pension, health, and welfare plans sponsored by unions; and multi-employer bargaining.
  • The act was a means of demobilizing the labor movement by imposing limits on labor's ability to strike and by prohibiting radicals from their leadership.
  • The Taft–Hartley Act prohibited jurisdictional strikes, wildcat strikes, solidarity or political strikes, secondary boycotts, secondary and mass picketing, closed shops, and monetary donations by unions to federal political campaigns.
  • The act authorized the President to intervene in strikes or potential strikes that create a national emergency, a reaction to the national coal miners' strikes called by the United Mine Workers of America in the 1940s.

• The Pullman Strike

  • The Pullman Strike began in 1894 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a strike in response to wage cuts.
  • The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois, on May 11 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
  • The strike effectively shut down production in the Pullman factories and led to a lockout.
  • Paul Railway, appointed as a special federal attorney responsible for dealing with the strike.
  • During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.

• Labor Management Relations Act

  • The Taft–Hartley Act prohibited jurisdictional strikes, wildcat strikes, solidarity or political strikes, secondary boycotts, secondary and mass picketing, closed shops, and monetary donations by unions to federal political campaigns.
  • Furthermore, the executive branch of the Federal government could obtain legal strikebreaking injunctions if an impending or current strike imperiled the national health or safety, a test that has been interpreted broadly by the courts.

• Lockouts

  • Spontaneous strikes are sometimes called "wildcat strikes;" they were the key fighting point in May 1968 in France.
  • Companies may also take out strike insurance prior to an anticipated strike, to help offset the losses which the strike would cause.
  • How long will the strike last?
  • Are other strikers defecting from the strike?
  • In the United States, it is legal to fire striking public sector employees if the strike is illegal.

• Labor-Management Relations Act

  • The Taft-Hartley Act makes it illegal for federal government employees or workers in corporations owned by the government to strike.
  • An example of the consequences can be seen in the outcome of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization's (PATCO) strike in 1981.
  • During the year after D-Day, more than five million American workers were involved in strikes, which lasted on average four times longer than those during the war.
  • The Taft–Hartley Act was seen as a means of demobilizing the labor movement by imposing limits on labor's ability to strike and by prohibiting radicals from their leadership.
  • The Taft–Hartley Act prohibited jurisdictional strikes, wildcat strikes, solidarity or political strikes, secondary boycotts, secondary and mass picketing, closed shops, and monetary donations by unions to federal political campaigns.

• Depression Politics

  • In the spring, a major coal strike damaged the economy of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.
  • Immediately after the coal strike concluded, Eugene V.
  • Debs led a nationwide railroad strike, called the Pullman Strike.
  • The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois, on May 11 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
  • During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.

• The Decline of Labor

  • In 1919, more than 4 million workers (or 21 percent of the labor force) participated in about 3,600 strikes.
  • In contrast, 1929 witnessed about 289,000 workers (or 1.2 percent of the labor force) stage only 900 strikes.
  • In this decade, corporations used twice as many court injunctions against strikes than any comparable period.
  • This heavily influenced the American Federation of Labor, which expounded upon anti-Filipino sentiment in equating Filipinos with the increase of "ethnic" labor, associated with declining field wages and increasing strikes.
  • There were sporadic wildcat strikes from 1924 to 1927 and when wages dropped enormously due to the Depression in 1929, Filipino union activism noticeably increased.

• The Railroad Strikes

  • Hayes sent in federal troops to end the strikes.
  • This strike was the first general strike in the United States.
  • These troops suppressed strike after strike, until at last, approximately 45 days after it had started, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was over.
  • The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois, on May 11 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
  • Analyze the two railroad strikes that occurred during the Gilded Age

• The New Immigrants on Strike

  • Two important labor strikes led by immigrant groups were the New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 and the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912.
  • The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 (also known as the "Uprising of the 20,000") was a labor strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York shirtwaist factories.
  • The successful strike marked an important milestone for the American labor movement.
  • The Lawrence Textile Strike (also referred to as "Bread and Roses") was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
  • Identify key strikes that advanced the cause of labor in twentieth-century America