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Scabs have been called many things by many people during the course of labor history but Jack London’s description of the scab, “written with barbed wire on sandpaper,” easily dwarfs all others.
“After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab.
A scab is a two-legged animal with a cork-screw soul, a water-logged brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and angels weep in heaven, and the Devil shuts the gates of Hell to keep him out.
No man has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his carcass in, or a rope long enough to hang his body with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab has not.
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commission in the British Army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his country, his...
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The ITF Hong Kong Dockers Coordinating Committee called for talks with Hong Kong International Terminals and its subcontractors in January regarding working conditions and pay, and a strike began on March 28.BBC photo
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has condemned the temporary injunction that dismisses striking dock workers from Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in the Port of Hong Kong, claiming it is a violation of global standards.
The ITF has called on HIT, which is owned by Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, to engage in discussions to improve working conditions and ensure parity between the company’s outsourced workers and its directly employed workforce.
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Father Jeremy Lucas of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in Battle Ground, WA, spoke in favor of workers rights at a March 8, 2013, rally in Vancouver, where ILWU Local 4 longshoremen have been locked out of their jobs at United Grain by its profitable Japan-based owner Mitsui. Father Jeremy spoke at the invitation of ILWU Local 4 President Cager Clabaugh about his personal history of growing up in a union family, delivering meals to workers on strike, and of the Biblical call for social justice. Photo by Jennifer Sargent.
Father Jeremy Lucas, a priest who serves at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Battle Ground, Washington, spoke in favor of union rights at a rally to support ILWU Local 4 in early March. On the day Margaret Thatcher died, he penned the following post on his personal blog, saying, “Margaret Thatcher was the biggest enemy of organized labor and Union strength the UK has ever seen and only now are the Unions recovering from her assault, close to 30 years later.” Excerpts are below, or read the complete post at this link:
An Injury to One is an Injury to All
Posted on April 8, 2013 by fatherjeremy
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