Word: blackleg
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Macdonald Cabinet) and C. T. Cramp, General Secretaries of the Railwaymen's Union, issued a manifesto declaring that "any member of the National Union of Railwaymen who ceases work, or refuses to do any job that he would have done if there had been no strike, is a blackleg to the signature of his accredited representatives and a traitor to the decision of the special general meeting. . . . Up to this moment we have refused to believe, although preparing for all emergencies, that so grave a blunder and such a blow at the very principles of collective bargaining should have...
...school in Croydon (London), where teachers are striking against a 5% reduction in salary, the pupils declined to be taught by substitutes. The boys met one of these temporary masters in class with cries of" Blackleg!" When the master threatened to cane one boy, the whole class rushed him and he was forced to beat a hasty retreat. Jubilant over their victory, the boys then indulged in an orgy of "crashing" windows and desks, carrying their celebrations out into the yard. They were finally quelled by the police. The strike is said to be the first of its kind...