A "scab" is a worker hired to knowingly break a union strike, so unless there's a well-accepted Apple Software Engineers' Union it's not applicable here. And o

A "scab" is a worker hired to knowingly break a union strike, so unless there's a well-accepted Apple Software Engineers' Union it's not applicable here. And of course it's not appreciated by the union, since their ability to collectively withhold labour from the company is their only real source of power. The ethics of the situation depend entirely on what's actually going on, though - there are plenty of well justified strikes, but there are also strikes where the union is overstepping its bounds. Union and corporate power remain relatively well balanced or one side gets screwed and ultimately everybody loses.