0 a wildcat strike --
1 a situation where employees stop work suddenly and without warning because of a disagreement with their employer about job conditions, job losses, pay, etc.: --
I quite agree, but it is a responsiblity which will be easier to bear than that of those who the other day threatened a lightning strike.
The ink is scarcely dry on the deed completing this combine when out breaks a strike—what they are pleased to call a "lightning strike"—at one of these collieries.
Is it conceivable that people engaged in the supply of gas can indulge in a lightning strike without realising that their action is dangerous?
By this lightning strike these men sought to take advantage of the situation, and they hoped to have everybody at their knees.
What are the characteristerics of a lightning strike?
The lightning strike and direct action without notice are new inventions.
The result was a lightning strike for the rest of the day and a suspension of operations.
One of the difficulties is that this kind of lightning strike takes place without due notice.
