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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by AussieWog93 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:39PM (#28506189)
From my understanding (mainly from Billy Elliott, TBH), a "scab" is a worker who continues working even when the union has called a strike.
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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by BurningFrog on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:46PM (#28506240)
It's normally a non union member who is hired to do the job striking union member won't do.
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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by AussieWog93 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:57PM (#28506327)
Ahh, that makes sense! Maybe keep the inflammatory language out of your original comment, though. A lot of people browsing these forums and may not be familiar with local slang terms/jargon like that, and your original comment sounded like a definition.
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