“ Scabby ” lives. The giant inflatable rat – a beloved union icon and a ubiquitous sight on picket lines to signal labour disputes with a nearby company – has survived threat of extermination from the National Labor Relations Board, which ruled that the “ 12-foot inflatable rat with red eyes, fangs, and claws ” and its contemporaries fall within the realm of protected speech. Courts have long held under an Obama-era precedent that Scabby the rat can be used in public as long as the balloon anima