picket

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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

Batista Filho said the plant has enough workers crossing the picket line to run a partial shift this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

It was rare for a woman to do this kind of work, but she walked the picket lines with the men and rallied strikers to stick it out.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell