It's a big day for Scabby the Rat
A face only a worker could love. Photo: Juana Arias/For the Washington Post You’ve probably seen him : Scabby the Rat, the inflatable rodent at countless picket lines. Since his birth in 1989 or so, his terrible visage has been a sign of defiance by workers and a thorn in the side of bad bosses everywhere.
But rodent admirers can rejoice. The National Labor Relations Board has decided that unions can continue to display the famous inflatable rat after opposition from employers and Peter Robb, the former general counsel of the NLRB who was appointed by President Trump and fired by President Biden. On Wednesday, the NLRB in a 3-1 decision found that the display of inflatable labor mascots such as Scabby did not violate the National Labor Relations Act.
A conservative Trump appointee, Robb’s opinions generally aligned with those of employers. To ban the rat, however, the NLRB would have had to reject precedent, which previously found that unions had a right to display Scabby. Prohibiting Scabby and other inflatables may have also violated the First Amendment. Scabby is a protest symbol, and a powerful one at that. He represents management. “GC hates the rat,” a senior NLRB official told Bloomberg Law in 2019, referring to Robb.
Alas for Robb, Scabby will fight another day. He will remain a frequent sight on the streets, where he will continue to shame employers into good behavior. In some cases, he may be joined by his inflatable fellows — a large pig or a fat cat — all symbolizing employer overreach and greed. For unions, saving Scabby is no frivolous matter. The NLRB’s decision preserves a labor tradition and affords unions the space to be confrontational.
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