strike breaker

Examples (10)

• The company hired strike breakers to keep the factory running.
• The striking workers shouted insults at the strike breakers crossing the picket line.
• During the Great Depression, desperate men often became strike breakers just to feed their families.
• The union's contract explicitly forbids the use of strike breakers.
• A bus carrying the strike breakers was met with protests.
• He was labeled a strike breaker by his former colleagues for not joining the walkout.
• Management referred to them as temporary replacement workers, not strike breakers.
• Is it legal for a company to hire permanent strike breakers?
• The presence of strike breakers often escalates tensions during a labor dispute.
• After the strike ended, the returning workers refused to speak to the strike breakers who were kept on.