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n. - Confrontational activities intended to disrupt an organized suspension of work

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  • Dion's support of strikebreaking turned around a caucus that, until he became leader, was set to pass the Bill.
  • In response, WGA West exec director David Young accused Short of caving in to the companies and strikebreaking.
  • Since there is no law against strikebreaking, the only way unions can suppress it is by stigmatizing those who do it as "scabs."
  • Industry ground to a halt all over town with one glaring exception — the huge McCormick Reaper Works was in full operation, manned by strikebreaking scabs protected by a...
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