Scabs or blacklegs were people willing to pass the picket line of striking workers. Often this meant the factory owners could continue producing, leaving the strikers to starve outside the factory gates.
You can never be sure what it will achieve. But scabs were only making the chance of a strike working more ineffective =)
A scab was someone who broke away from the boycott of paperboys. For example, say a boy became a paperboy. He would be a scab.
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People during the 1800s probably organize labor unions because~They wanted better pay and working conditionsFor your information:Labor Union means an organization of workers.
Labor unions were formed to improve conditions for workers in the late 1800s.
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They held strikes, demanded more pay, and formed Labor Unions.
Labor unions were formed to improve conditions for workers in the late 1800s.
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