Originally Posted by
vagabond
Mike, correct me if I'm wrong and I'll probably get burnt to a total crisp here, but what the heck. Isn't a scab someone who crosses a picket line? Meaning, the union members are on strike and therefore no work is being done. In an effort to keep work going, the company hires other people off the streets. These other people may or may not be union members themselves. Whatever they might be, they are scabs because they took jobs that once belonged to the strikers.
However, if one of the union members decides to quit his job because he hates it there or he found something else better, the person hired to take his place is not a scab. In other words, if there is no strike, there can be no scabs.
So using this definition and this "fact pattern," Duck is not a scab. Right?
(I'd just like a "yes" or "no" answer since I don't want to turn this into yet another "what's a scab" thread).
You are correct. He is not a scab (as I indicated). I just feel that if someone hates the job and tells you why, what makes anyone think they will like it? I can see going there for experience but once they get it...
I think you get my point. It is hard enough to get 60% of a group to agree on something. When 99% agree to put it all on the line, they must have a good point. That's all.