单词 | union buster |
释义 | > as lemmasunion buster union buster n. a person who attempts to dissolve, undermine, or prevent the formation of, a trade union. ΚΠ 1890 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 24 Apr. Last evening the man Thompson, employed in the Union Iron Works, and who proclaims himself to be a ‘union buster’, left for the East, and the opinion of the striking molders is that he has gone to try to hunt up more men for the works. 1979 Economist 17 Nov. 50/3 The union busters have notched up their greatest successes in hospitals, insurance and banking. 2007 N.Y. Mag. 13 Aug. 12/3 Murdoch is a known union buster, and this one vociferously resisted his acquisition of the company. < as lemmas |
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