situs picketing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of situs picketing
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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He vetoed the "common situs" picketing bill that would have allowed construction workers from a single local of a single union to close down an entire building project.
From Time Magazine Archive
The White House received more than half a million pieces of mail opposing the "common situs" picketing bill.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last year he was confident that the House would pass the common situs picketing bill, which would have allowed a single union to shut down an entire construction site, but it lost by twelve votes.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the common situs picketing bill, they agreed that, because the toughest opposition was in the House, O'Neill should have first crack.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Dunlop was willing to approve common situs picketing in exchange for something he considered more important to the overall economy: a mechanism that would centralize the fragmented, localized bargaining structure in the building trades.
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