strikebreaking
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of strikebreaking
First recorded in 1915–20; strike + breaking 2
Example Sentences
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Spring training of 1995 was the depressing spectacle of six weeks of strikebreaking replacement players.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
After Homestead, the Pinkertons gave Cleveland Moffett, a journalist from McClure’s magazine, access to their archives, and Moffett wrote a series of stories about the agency—appreciative true-crime tales that had nothing to do with strikebreaking.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2019
An angry Meany responded at a press conference by charging that the Teamsters, whom he booted out of the AFL-CIO 15 years ago, were guilty of "strikebreaking."
From Time Magazine Archive
Groggy from typhoid and cholera inoculations, but bubbling with enthusiasm at the prospect of the toughest job of a tough career, rawboned, hulking, strikebreaking Dan Arnstein was en route from San Francisco to China.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aside from these brutal tactics, the steel companies also used another strikebreaking strategy.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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