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In the UK a 'scab' is usually a pejorative term for someone who does not strike, which is not the same as a strikebreaker.
by mytailorisrich 3y ago
In the UK a 'scab' is usually a pejorative term for someone who does not strike, which is not the same as a strikebreaker.
- ghusto 3y agoI thought strikereaker meant someone who isn't striking, or who was but has now changed their minds?
- mytailorisrich 3y agoA strikebreaker is usually someone external hired specifically to replace a striking worker. That's why this may or may not be restricted by law. Very often a 'scab' (which, again, is an insult) is simply an existing worker who's decided not to srike and who constinues to work as usual. Though the term may also refer to a strikebreaker. Anyway, it's similar.