noun
General Slang
blue flu
· noun · police
Mass police sick-out used as a back-door strike.
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An informal strike where large numbers of cops call in sick simultaneously to apply pressure during a contract or political dispute. Plausibly deniable, deeply effective.
“Half the precinct went down with blue flu the day after the mayor froze their pay.”
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blue flu In A Sentence
Half the precinct went down with blue flu the day after the mayor froze their pay.
Origin & Usage
US, 1960s–70s. Many police forces are legally barred from striking, so officers stage coordinated 'illnesses' on the same shift. The uniform is blue; nobody's actually sick.
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