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The professional strike-breakers, who, as a class, receive large wages, will scab on one another, while scab unions are even formed to prevent scabbing upon scabs.
THE SCAB 2010
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He was assassinated in 1932 by Sarah Jenkins, whose husband, thirty years before, had been killed by Farley's strike-breakers.
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Only those curious times could have given rise to the amazing spectacle of one, Farley, a notorious commander of strike-breakers, who, in
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These strike-breakers will include engineers who are off duty and able to work overtime during the stoppage periods.
Union to Take Action Against Qantas Ross Kelly 2011
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` Do you know what will happen to Farley3 and his strike-breakers?
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Out of the vast army of the unemployed the strike-breakers were recruited; and when the strike-breakers were worsted by the labor unions, the troops always appeared and crushed the unions.
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Bill Clinton was also blocked from doing something similar when he tried to make an executive order that voided government contracts with companies that employed strike-breakers.
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But when you look at the lives of workers BEFORE unions were allowed to strike and protected from violent strike-breakers, the labor movement has helped make the lives of ALL working people better.
Mugged By Reality: The Misgovernment of San Francisco | RedState 2010
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Bill Clinton was also blocked from doing something similar when he tried to make an executive order that voided government contracts with companies that employed strike-breakers.
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Vavi called on all Cosatu members to desist from violence and to engage strike-breakers in oral, not physical argument, in line with the customs and traditions of the federation.
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