Un-Exterminated: Scabby the Rat Is Back, Says Labor Board

What a journey it’s been over the last year for giant inflatable rats. Affectionately called “Scabby” by unions, these balloons are used by unions to signal discontent with one or more companies doing the work at a construction site. Prior National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel Peter Robb was seeking to drastically limit the use of these types of inflatables in union disputes, but those efforts ceased once Robb was terminated earlier this year. In any event, the NLRB recently issued a decision determining that unions can continue to use inflatable rats and similar tools to protest certain actions.