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    • Adkml [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      They had to call an ambulance within 6 hours.

    • north [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      Also harkens when Nixon tried to use military reservists to replace the postal employees during the 1970 wildcat strike. It barely lasted a week, iirc

      • ChapoKrautHaus [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        What's a wildcat strike? Why do so many American idioms start with wildcat? Is that good or bad from a leftist perspective? Are there even any wildcats involved?

        As a non-first language speaker or whatever that's called this wildcat word is very confusing.

        • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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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

            • MCU_H8ER2
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              1 year ago

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          • charlie
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            1 year ago

            From my (2nd) favorite website: https://www.etymonline.com/word/wildcat

            “sense of "one who forms rash projects" is attested from 1812”

            I get the idea that there’s a pejorative sense to the word. Rash is not typically a synonym you want used in place of wildcat in most of the uses I’ve seen, ie: wildcat strikes.

            Also, “She’s a wildcat”

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      I remember that. Tractors crashed on the first day. Ambulances called all over the place due to accidents. So many accidents they stopped publicising the figures. Any white collar Ford workers reading, you know what to do: don't cross the picket line! Because it's scabby and you'll probably lose a limb.