picket line

When I walk the picket line with bakery workers and I see their determination, their tenacity, their courage, that’s what gives me hope.
What the Labor Movement Needs to Keep 'Striketober' Going, According to New AFL-CIO Leader Liz Shuler|Abby Vesoulis|October 24, 2021|Time
The strike at John Deere is the biggest of the pandemic era, with 10,000 workers on the picket line calling for better pay and benefits.
John Deere workers are walking off the job with an economic tailwind|Courtenay Brown|October 20, 2021|Axios
Thousands of John Deere workers hit the picket line this week after the union smacked down a new worker contract from the farm and equipment maker.
New wave of strikes will test worker power|Courtenay Brown|October 16, 2021|Axios
It was an implicit signal that they would not cross a picket line, should the Opera House Orchestra strike, de Boor said.
Kennedy Center stagehands authorize strike, putting ‘Hadestown’ and other scheduled shows in jeopardy|Peggy McGlone|October 7, 2021|Washington Post

Those replacements had crossed a picket line during a strike for a fictional NFL.
For Nationals’ replacement players, a rare and weird opportunity|Jesse Dougherty|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.
The Lost Novel of Nobel-Winner José Saramago|Charles Shafaieh|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Is it any wonder that the interests of large corporations and unions get to the front of the line?
The 100 Rich People Who Run America|Mark McKinnon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In the end, the line between magic and religion may be something of an artificial one.
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
I have drawn a Line between the figures at the extream changes, that next below the Line is the extream.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
My station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

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picket line

noun

a line of people acting as pickets

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