blacklegs
Workers crossing pickets
Blacklegs has two main meanings.
In labor disputes, blacklegs are workers who continue working during a strike or who replace striking workers—scabs: The union members jeered at the blacklegs crossing the picket line.
The term is primarily British.
Separately, blackleg is an acute bacterial disease affecting cattle and sheep, causing swelling and tissue death in the legs and other muscles.
Dried blood crust
- strikebreakerReplacement during walkout
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- nonunionWithout labor organization
- solidarityUnity among allies
boycott · lockout · dispute · traitor · crossing · walkout · industrial · labor
scab
Dried blood crust
- strikebreakerReplacement during walkout
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- nonunionWithout labor organization
solidarity · boycott · lockout · dispute · traitor · crossing · walkout · industrial · labor · workforce
anthrax
Spore-forming bacterial disease
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
infection · bacterial · necrosis · gangrene · swelling · fever · fatal · veterinary · outbreak · carcass
swindler
Person who deceives for money
hustler · con · fraud · trickster · scammer · rogue · dishonest · crooked · fleece · swindle
blacklegsstrikers
Those who cease work
trade unionists · picketers · shop stewards · organized labor · labor activists