The union contract between the union and the management of Gable Electronics Inc. includes a no-strike clause that is valid till the date of the contract's expiration. When a supervisor threatens a salary cut for those unionized employees who refuse to work on the weekend, the employees directly conduct a strike without approval of the union leadership. In this scenario, the employees are conducting a(n) _____.
A) jurisdictional strike
B) sympathy strike
C) wildcat strike
D) economic strike

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The employees directly conducting a strike without approval of the union leadership is known as a wildcat strike. This violates the no-strike clause in the union contract and is not sanctioned by the union leadership. A jurisdictional strike is a strike that is conducted to protest the assignment of particular work to a specific union. A sympathy strike is a strike that is conducted in support of another union's strike. An economic strike is a strike that is conducted to demand better wages, benefits, or working conditions.

The Union Contract Between the Union and the Management of Gable