Blacklegism

/ˈblæk.lɛɡ.ɪ.zəm/ noun

The practice or ideology of being a blackleg, which is someone who works during a strike or refuses to support worker solidarity.

From blackleg (a worker who breaks strike lines) + -ism (a system or practice). The term blackleg itself comes from 17th-century usage referring to cattle disease, later applied metaphorically to scab workers in 19th-century British labor disputes.

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