Good man Tilii, can't makeout whether the term scab in the US means the same as it does in europe from beerbellies attitude. Over here a non-union member is simply a human being who has exercised his right to choose to join a group or not. He only becomes a "scab" when and if the union members enter into some industrial action such as a strike and he goes against the general flow and turns up for work in the usual manner.