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Labour, minimums & unpaid work · Working

Strikebreaker

Also called: scab

ELI5

Someone who performs struck work contrary to a union’s strike rules; a politically and labour-sensitive term.

Used in conversation

“We should involve the strikebreaker before we lock the plan.”

Definition

A person who performs struck work contrary to a union’s strike rules; a politically and labour-sensitive term.

Here “Strikebreaker” means: A person who performs struck work contrary to a union’s strike rules; a politically and labour-sensitive term.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Strikebreaker” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Struck workComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.