scabs
Definitions
Noun
- Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- The crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
Verb
- Form a scab
- Take the place of work of someone on strike
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Striking Canadian Pacific-Kansas City rail workers confront strikebreaking operation backed up by Canada’s anti-worker labour laws
Jun 18, 2026 World Socialist Web Site
Jun 18, 2026 World Socialist Web Site
How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’
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‘Where There Are Scabs, There Is Violence’—That’s Why Scabs Are Illegal in Two Canadian Provinces
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Oct 4, 2023 Labor Notes |
No contract, no coffee, no scabs: Starbucks workers strike nationwide
Nov 14, 2025 The Real News Network
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