The act of signing on as a temporary worker (scab) during a labour strike, with the actual intention of causing losses to the company hiring them and weakening their position with the striking workers. A portmanteau of "scab" and "sabotage."
1. The company lost millions of dollars in product and equipment to scabotage during the strike.
2. There's fine line between reminding the company that they get the labour they pay for, and outright scabotage.
2. There's fine line between reminding the company that they get the labour they pay for, and outright scabotage.
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Get the scabotage mug.To apply to a company during a labor strike, only to perform the job badly, costing the company money, in solidarity with the striking workers. A portmanteau of "scab" and "sabotage".
"Hey, don't cross the picket line!" "Relax, I'm going to make things worse for them. It's scabotage."
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A person who applies for and accepts a job at a company currently undergoing a general strike, under the guise of operating as a scab to break the strike; once hired, they immediately join the strike themselves.
A person who applies for and accepts a job at a company currently undergoing a general strike, under the guise of operating as a scab to break the strike; once hired, they immediately join the strike themselves.
“Hey, did you hear Bill took that scab job at Kellogg’s?”
“Oh nah, don’t worry, he’s doing it to be a scaboteur.”
“Oh nah, don’t worry, he’s doing it to be a scaboteur.”
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