How to Use wildcat strike in a Sentence

wildcat strike

noun

• Staff in June staged a wildcat strike, forcing the Louvre to close temporarily.
  — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Dec. 2025
• The beating occurred during a wildcat strike by many officers that forced the governor to send in National Guard members to help keep order.
  — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
• In response to reductions in wages, workers at a Pullman factory in Chicago began a wildcat strike, undertaken without the approval of union leadership.
  — USA Today, 6 May 2026
• Despite these schemes, workers in June staged a wildcat strike against unfavorable working conditions, shuttering the Louvre temporarily.
  — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Nov. 2025
• In June, a wildcat strike by gallery attendants, ticket agents and security staff delayed the museum’s daily opening, leaving thousands of visitors stranded beneath the pyramid.
  — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
• The media generally termed that action a wildcat strike—meaning a strike without union authorization—but that term wasn’t a perfect fit, since the NBPA was not in opposition.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
• In the last year alone, the museum has endured the high-profile jewels theft from the Apollo Gallery, water leaks that damaged priceless books, multiple staff walkouts and a wildcat strike over poor working conditions, mass tourism and understaffing.
  — Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
• In the last year alone, the Louvre has faced the October 2025 high-profile theft of the French Crown Jewels from the Apollo Gallery, water leaks that damaged priceless books, multiple staff walkouts and a wildcat strike last summer over poor conditions, mass tourism and understaffing.
  — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026