strikebreaking
Undermining labor actions
Strikebreaking is the practice of undermining a labor strike, whether by hiring replacement workers, using force against picketers, or pressuring strikers to return to work.
Companies have employed professional strikebreakers, private security, and sometimes government forces to break strikes: The company's strikebreaking tactics turned public opinion against management.
Strikebreaking worker
- ratRodent or informer
- finkContemptible informer
- scabDried blood crust
- replacementWhat takes another's place
nonunion · turncoat · traitor · defector · crosser · betrayer · temp · hire
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
espionage · infiltration · propaganda · court order · security · police · escort · eviction
Direct hostile encounter
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
struggle · friction · contention · opposition · animosity · standoff · showdown · impasse
What takes another's place
- workforceAll available workers
- nonunionWithout labor organization
- temporaryLimited in duration
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
contractors · subcontracting · contingent · provisional · interim · casual · staffing · agency
Organized protest outside workplace
- solidarityUnity among allies
- collectiveJointly organized group
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
organizing · membership · brotherhood · sisterhood · guild · federation · syndicate · alliance
blackleg
Strikebreaking worker
replacement · nonunion · turncoat · traitor · defector · crosser · betrayer · temp · hire · substitute
intimidation
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
blacklist · espionage · infiltration · propaganda · court order · security · police · escort · eviction · harassment
confrontation
Direct hostile encounter
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
dispute · struggle · friction · contention · opposition · animosity · standoff · showdown · impasse · deadlock
replacement
What takes another's place
outsourcing · contractors · subcontracting · contingent · provisional · interim · casual · staffing · agency · hirelings
picketing
Organized protest outside workplace
- solidarityUnity among allies
- collectiveJointly organized group
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
lockout · organizing · membership · brotherhood · sisterhood · guild · federation · syndicate · alliance · affiliation
- labor disputesstrikes, walkout, walkouts, labor disputes, labor dispute
- union bustingunion busting, scabs, scab, blacklist, blacklisting
- labor abusewage theft, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, worker exploitation, withheld wages
strikebreakingsolidarity
Unity among allies
worker solidarity · union solidarity · labor solidarity · collective action · picketing
strikebreakingstriking
Noticeably impressive
walking out · work stoppage · industrial action · downing tools · labor action
strikebreakingunion organizing
Forming workplace collectives
labor organizing · walkout · work stoppage · industrial action · trade unionism
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