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A strikebreaker (sometimes pejoratively called a scab, blackleg, bootlicker, blackguard or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. Strikebreakers may be current employees ( union members or not), or new hires to keep the organization running (hired after or during the strike).
These are the pros and cons of unions. It’s been a big win for labor this fall. Alongside the UPS workers' new contract, the 148-day Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike ended. The Hollywood ...
Inflatable rats, Union rats, or Scabby rats, are giant inflatables in the shape of cartoon rats, commonly used in the United States by protesting or striking trade unions. They serve as a sign of opposition against employers or nonunion contractors and are intended to call public attention to companies employing nonunion labor or engaging in ...
To stop a union proponent—a pusher, in the anti-union lexicon—the [union] buster will go anywhere, not just to the lunch room, but into the bedroom if necessary. The buster not only is a terrorist; he is also a spy. My team and I routinely pried into workers' police records, personnel files, credit histories, medical records, and family ...
The AFL-CIO, a federation of 60 national and international labor unions, posted its own criticism of the conversation on X, saying, “Scab recognize scab.” 5 takeaways from the Trump-Musk ...
The convention’s first day showcased the labor support lining up behind Kamala Harris’ campaign, with the crowd chanting, “Trump’s a scab!” UAW’s Shawn Fain Blasts ‘Scab’ Trump In ...
The concept of union strikebreaking or union scabbing refers to any circumstance in which union workers themselves cross picket lines to work. Unionized workers are sometimes required to cross the picket lines established by other unions due to their organizations having signed contracts which include no-strike clauses.
The IWW was initially the largest of these three organizations in Baltimore. Yet in the three-way free-for-all that occurred there in 1916—a struggle characterized by union scabbing and threats—the IWW lost all of its membership in the district as a result of the other two unions bidding against each other for collective bargaining agreements.