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Chavez also used language to describe strikebreakers that critics say would draw sharp condemnation today.
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Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
Many workers viewed immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe as part of the problem, since employers often used them as strikebreakers, relying on their desperation and the difficulty of uniting workers across lines of language and culture.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2024
The late night host appeared before a Writers Guild of America West trial committee in February and June 2009, and was eventually cleared, with his name not appearing on the WGA West’s list of strikebreakers.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
This policy has been strictly enforced in the past and has resulted in convincing many would be strikebreakers to refrain from harming the Guild and its members during a strike.
—Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 May 2023
But will the strikebreakers wear an onion on their belt a la Abraham Simpson?
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
Warrior Met has other strong allies, particularly Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, who instructed the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency back in 2021 to provide armed escorts for the strikebreakers entering and leaving the mines, proclaiming everyone has a right to get to work safely.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
The strikebreaker was acquitted.
—Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, 21 Dec. 2020
Pandemonium erupts as the cameras start rolling, strikers and strikebreakers facing off.
—Pam Grady, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2017
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Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
Many workers viewed immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe as part of the problem, since employers often used them as strikebreakers, relying on their desperation and the difficulty of uniting workers across lines of language and culture.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2024
The late night host appeared before a Writers Guild of America West trial committee in February and June 2009, and was eventually cleared, with his name not appearing on the WGA West’s list of strikebreakers.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
This policy has been strictly enforced in the past and has resulted in convincing many would be strikebreakers to refrain from harming the Guild and its members during a strike.
—Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 May 2023
But will the strikebreakers wear an onion on their belt a la Abraham Simpson?
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
Warrior Met has other strong allies, particularly Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, who instructed the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency back in 2021 to provide armed escorts for the strikebreakers entering and leaving the mines, proclaiming everyone has a right to get to work safely.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
The strikebreaker was acquitted.
—Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, 21 Dec. 2020
Pandemonium erupts as the cameras start rolling, strikers and strikebreakers facing off.
—Pam Grady, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2017
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“Strikebreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strikebreaker. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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strikebreaker
noun
strike·break·er
-ˌbrā-kər 
: a person hired to replace a striking worker
Legal Definition
strikebreaker
noun
strike·break·er
ˈstrīk-ˌbrā-kər
: an individual hired to replace a striking worker
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