Wild Cats Strike??

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Anyone know why Wild Cat Strikes are called Wild Cat Strikes? I know its because they are not union based but why Wild Cat?

― Lucy Malthouse (Kinks), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Because the bourgeoisie literally regard the workers as animals.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Groundhog Day!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Wildcats ?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Because once the wildcats did go on strike, and lo the mouse population of Scotland did rise at a fearsome rate.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

It comes from the National Circus Strike of 1953. There was a dispute of insurance, pay and conditions for the main acts, but a consortium went to ACAS with circus management (mainly representinve of Boultings and Ringling Bros) to come to some agreement. The individual Unions involved, especially the trapeeze and the lion tamers felt sold down the river by this deal (which had agreed only to insure their lives during performances and not during training). In particular the Confedation of Animal Trainers went straight out on a strike that lasted over eight months before it was resolved.

The phrase originally therefore was actually Wild CAT Strike, named after the CAT strike of 1953.

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Chinny Reckon ;)

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

My Baranometer has just gone LIES!

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.paulhartcards.com/files/THUNDERCATS.jpg

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

SNEEEARRFFFFF!!!!

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Any good baranometer is surely just the word 'lies' and a pointer fixed so it always indicates that. Letting it move would just cause mistakes.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 3 November 2003 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/nova/galleries/Band_mascot_cheerleader/wildcat-lg.jpg

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

http://cyberspace-market.com/chrisclaremontchecklist/WildCATs-013.jpg

― Dave M. (rotten03), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 06:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Let them eat AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH...

― j aspinall, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:00 (twenty-one years ago)

http://vega.soi.city.ac.uk/~louise/banner.gif

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:31 (twenty-one years ago)

http://flag.blackened.net/liberty/images/blackcat.gif

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.anarchosyndicalism.org/images/iww/sabcat.gif

A black cat has been an anarchosyndicalist image for ages. This is the original design, I think.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

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