picket line
Example Sentences
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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
“Old circus joke. Can’t help ourselves. On the show, people ask that question a thousand times a day. Elephants are chained to a picket line so they don’t run off — or whack somebody.”
From Literature
In recent years, strikes by Hollywood writers and actors, healthcare staffers and auto workers put thousands on picket lines.
They are building demands around the issue and others, using picket lines and hunger strikes to help persuade Kaiser to use the powerful technology responsibly.
From Los Angeles Times
The strike authorization vote came on the same day as educators in Southern California also signaled they were gearing up to head to the picket lines to demand better pay and working conditions.
From Los Angeles Times
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