Meanings
present singular third person strikebreaks · participle present strikebreaking · past strikebroke · participle past strikebroken · alternative strike-break
- To break a strike; to work for a business where the union members are on strike.
OPSEU urged its members not to strikebreak.
1999, David Rapaport, No Justice, No Peace: The 1996 OPSEU Strike against the Harris Government in Ontario, page 1103 more examples
When the first three decided to strikebreak, Baker knew he could use them as a nucleus to train other crews.
1996, George E. Hopkins, Flying the Line, page 134I told him we aren't about to strikebreak—there are too many spies around.
2012, Christopher Isherwood, Katherine Bucknell, Liberation: Diaries, page 347Third, the migration of foreign-born white workers into local labor markets does not appear to have significantly increased pressures for African Americans to strikebreak.
2014, Cliff Brown, Racial Conflicts and Violence in the Labor Market
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