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Some companies negotiate with the union during a strike; other companies may see a strike as an opportunity to eliminate the union. This is sometimes accomplished by the importation of replacement workers, [[strikebreaker]]s or "scabs". Historically, strike breaking has often coincided with union busting. It was also called '[[Blackleg labour|black leg]]ging' in the early twentieth century, during the Russian socialist movement. Smithers get me some strike breakers, you know the kind they had in the 30's" <ref>Arthur Koestler, ''Darkness at Noon,'' p. 60.</ref>