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What is a strikebreaker?

What is a strikebreaker? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.
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The day the strikers' wives pelted the scabs with rotten eggs and a strikebreaker and Irish ex-cop named Edward Casey cracked Jimmie Morris's skull, the governor of Wisconsin called in the National Guard from Milwaukee.
The drivers were also not helped by the de facto strikebreaker role that City Hall played.
Just down from Oxford, Greene was a strikebreaker during the general strike, having been a member of the Communist party for all of six weeks.
The banks are currently on strike, refusing to lend and the government is going to have to play the role of the strikebreaker.
Not only does he become a strikebreaker, but he is later deputized as a law-enforcement official.
On the first day of his life as a strikebreaker Jurgis quit work early, and in a spirit of bravado he challenged three men of his acquaintance to go outside and get a drink.

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