Inflatable rat

[1] In January 1990, it announced that "Scabby" was the winning submission, in reference to the slang "scab" for strikebreakers and non-striking workers, coming from Local 150 member Lou Mahieu.

In May 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that union use of an inflatable monster rat is not considered an unlawful activity when directed at a secondary employer.

[9] In 2017, NLRB general counsel Peter B. Robb filed court motions seeking to change the previous policy, arguing that the presence of the inflatable rat was "confrontational, threatening, and coercive.

[18] In 2018, a local with the Laborers' International Union of North America in Grand Chute, Wisconsin attempted to circumvent the town's strict sign ordinance, which had an exemption for holiday decorations, by making Scabby wear a Santa hat.

[20] In 2024, Teamsters in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Philadelphia brought a giant inflatable pig with a bag of money, cigar and CEO badge to their pickets outside the Amazon Fulfilment Center.