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Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
November 20 - The Scab
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1816. That was the day the Albany Typographical Society used the term “scab” to describe a strikebreaker. The word scab had been used in England for nearly three centuries as a slang meaning a rascal or scoundrel. By the late 1700s, laborers began to use the insult to refer to workmen who wouldn't join a union or a strike.
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