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[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Didn't John Deere try to do this? Iirc it didn't go well lol

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

You mean replacing skilled laborers with unskilled office workers is a bad idea?

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

They had to call an ambulance within 6 hours.

[–] north@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wildcat strike where you just release a bunch of wildcats into the executive suite

[–] charlie@hexbear.net 5 points 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”