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Members of the union in Taoyuan have "obtained the legal right to conduct a strike and establish strike picket lines", union secretary Chen Yen-kai told a news conference.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The picket by 33,000 machinists secured the workers a 38% wage hike over their four-year contract and demonstrated the power of the Seattle-area bargaining bloc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2023, workers accused the company of disrupting union activities, including implying workers could be dismissed for participating in a union protest and locking emergency exits on the day workers planned to picket outside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

You would like to get married, have 2.5 kids and buy a house with a white picket fence.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

He was forever painting his house and the white picket fence in front of it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Collections were said to have been disrupted "due to industrial action by pickets" where police recently scaled down their presence.

From BBC ● May 24, 2025

A West Midlands Police spokesperson said officers were still sent to pickets but did not explain why they reduced the number while the city council said it was warned of the move just hours beforehand.

From BBC ● May 16, 2025

She was nurtured in the UFW headquarters in Central California, and she and her cousins joked that her family held pickets instead of picnics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024

The Network started a website highlighting workers’ claims about Royal India and has held periodic pickets outside its Kirkland location since April 2023.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024

I felt her gaze pierce through the white clapboard and the pink wallpaper roses and uncover me, crouching there behind the silver pickets of the radiator.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

A Jerusalem cafe picketed for weeks by observant Jews said Thursday it had agreed to shut on the Sabbath, bowing to demands despite counter-protests by secular Israelis.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Less than three dozen people picketed outside of OpenAI’s offices, but the demonstration sparked a bitter feud on an effective altruist forum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Outside a Disney Character Voices office earlier this month, dozens of actors picketed against video game companies for refusing to come to an agreement on using AI in video games.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025

Workers picketed outside their newsroom in London to protest the proposed sale to Tortoise Media, arguing it had been “rushed through” without the support of the staff.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

“Most of the Long Knives’ horses were picketed there.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

WGA West staffers also played a key role in the strike, as they too joined the picketing lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Ministers really didn't want to do that with NHS staff picketing outside the parliament.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

The picketing machinists benefited from a strike fund while they were off the job but were under increasing pressure as healthcare coverage lapsed for some families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Despite the obvious danger, we continued picketing and singing.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

“No one can feel worse than I do over the foolishness of their picketing the White House,” said Anna Howard Shaw, former president of NAWSA.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling