Unionists use the epithet "scab" to refer to workers who are willing to accept 
terms that union workers have rejected... and that's why you are a civil 
litigator, and not a labor law attorney. 

In a message dated 12/7/2004 12:04:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Jonathan Cass" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>If I am not mistaken, scab labor is labor hired to replace striking workers.
>The trades people working on the project are not "scabs," they are just
>non-union.
>
>Jonathan A. Cass
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>What is your biggest issue? Scab labor?
>
>In a message dated 12/7/2004 10:30:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ben Rhoades
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>Sigh, my biggest issue with Philadelphia (and Penn in general)
>>
>>-Ben
>>
>>At 10:28 AM 12/7/2004, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>>
>>The Carpenters Union is picketing outside of our soon-to-be bowling alley.
>>
>>
>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/strikes1.jpg
>>
>>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/strikes2.jpg
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>>
>>Nobody would talk to me, but my guess is they're hiring non-union labor,
>since there were some guys loading wood from the site into a truck with what
>appeared to be a police escourt.
>
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