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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpɪk ɪt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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Monday's bin collections have been called off as agency workers joined refuse strikers on picket lines in Birmingham amid a separate dispute.

From BBC

‘Gen Z would rather invest in index funds and travel the world than tie themselves to a 30-year mortgage and a picket fence.’

From MarketWatch

Unite claimed a growing number of agency staff were refusing to cross the picket lines of striking bin workers due to "unsustainable workloads" and a bullying workplace culture at the council's refuse department.

From BBC

And he warned his members would only leave the picket line if there was a major emergency – such as a mass casualty event.

From BBC

The number of workers who remain out on the picket line has dwindled to 28 from the 120 who walked out at the beginning of the strike.

From MarketWatch