Bruce: Additionally Merriam-Webster Online defines "scab" in the context we have been discussing as:
"b (1) : a worker who refuses to join a labor union (2) : a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended (3) : a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike (4) : one who works for less than union wages or on nonunion terms" I guess we are both correct. Apology accepted. Jonathan A. Cass -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [UC] striking at strikes .... 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 >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:48 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [UC] striking at strikes .... > > >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 >> >> >>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. > >---- >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see ><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > >---- >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see ><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
