strikebreaker

Etymology

From strike + breaker.

strikebreaker means A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

Why this word is great

STRIKEBREAKER — [Noun] A person, typically a non-union worker, hired to replace a worker who is on strike. From strike ("a concerted work stoppage") + breaker ("one who breaks or defeats"). Unlike the visceral, wounding contempt of “scab” or the sterile, bureaucratic neutrality of “replacement worker,” “strikebreaker” frames the act as a deliberate, tactical breach. It is the unfamiliar shadow crossing the picket line at dawn; the scuffed heel of a stranger's boot occupying the still-warm groove of a mill floor; the bus idling at the perimeter fence, escorted through a gauntlet of silent stares. It is the human calculus of need weaponized against solidarity, a reminder that resolve, too, is a commodity with a price.

noun

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.