picket line

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Last month, Unite also claimed managers had threatened agency workers with being banned from jobs or blacklisted if they refused to cross picket lines.

From BBC

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

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

Those who remain on the picket line have struggled to survive.

From MarketWatch

Some schools were partially closed or fully closed as teaching assistants, administrators, librarians, finance officers, caretakers, and caterers took to picket lines.

From BBC