21. The employers locked out the workers and brought in strikebreakers . 22. Kellogg Switchboard, too, locked out its workforce and hired strikebreakers . 23. Police, strikers and strikebreakers used clubs and firearms against one another. 24. The meatpackers, however, brought in several thousand African American strikebreakers . 25. Threats to use strikebreakers are also becoming prominent before a strike occurs. 26. But no substantive changes were made and strikebreakers stayed on the job. 27. Strikebreakers were discharged and the striking unionized workers were reinstated.28. In the industries, strikebreakers were brought in to substitute striking workers. 29. The Manlleu workers called the strikebreakers " esquirols " as an insult. 30. Employers responded by immediately bringing in thousands of black and white strikebreakers .
