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Pinkerton agents escort strikebreakers in Buchtel, Ohio, 1884 Industrial Workers of the World stickerette "Don't Scab". A strikebreaker (sometimes pejoratively called a scab, blackleg, bootlicker, blackguard or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike.
Some in the labor movement consider no-strike clauses to be an unnecessary detriment to unions in the collective bargaining process. [33] Occasionally, workers decide to strike without the sanction of a labor union, either because the union refuses to endorse such a tactic, or because the workers involved are non-unionized.
A new Labor Day billboard campaign has labeled Donald Trump an “anti-union scab”, referencing a major union leader’s speech at the Democratic National Convention last month.. The Democratic ...
Beyond the barbecues and pool parties, Labor Day is a holiday focused on honoring the hard work of those who fought for workers' rights in the late 19th century. While the holiday is always a fun ...
Now many American unions own dozens of the inflatable rat for use in labor disputes. [3] Notably, Big Sky was not a union shop, and likely outsourced their manufacturing of Scabbies as early as 1997, and later claimed to stop selling union inflatables when its owner became a supporter of Donald Trump. [3] Inflatable rat in Hackettstown, New Jersey
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The inherent aim of a union is to create a labor monopoly so as to balance the monopsony a large employer enjoys as a purchaser of labor. Strikebreakers threaten that goal and undermine the union's bargaining position, and occasionally this erupts into violent confrontation, with violence committed either by, or against, strikers. [ 1 ]
The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor.