picket line

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Unlike in the NFL, where top players like San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana crossed a picket line during the 1987 NFL Players Assn. strike, unionized baseball players have remained united.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

A year after his appearance in Hazard, he traveled to southwest Virginia and stood on the picket line in solidarity with the striking miners.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Some 4,200 nurses on strike at New York-Presbyterian are not covered by the deal and will stay on the picket line.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Roughly 3,200 striking St. Louis-area Boeing BA 1.64%increase; green up pointing triangle workers will stay on the picket line after members rejected a modified contract proposal for a fourth time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

“And you came through the picket line after dark?”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara