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Picketing
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The presence at an employer's business of one or more employees and/or other persons who are publicizing a labor dispute, influencing employees or customers to withhold their work or business, respectively, or showing a union's desire to represent employees; picketing is usually accompanied by patrolling with signs.

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Labor Law; Labor Union.

picketing n. standing or parading near a business or government office usually with signs of protest or claims in labor disputes or public policy controversies (peace marches to pro- or anti-abortion advocates). Picketing is constitutionally guaranteed as free speech, but in some cases it may be limited by court order to prevent physical combat, blocking of entrances or threats to the public safety.
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In all of the above cases, picketing was carried out despite repeated violent confrontations with the police, often involving arrests--notably at the mass picket and blockade of Longannet power station in Scotland (Wallington, 1972)--and was characterised by its mass participation, with Vic Allen (1981: 200) estimating an average of 40,000 pickets each day.
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If these demands were not met, the committee would step up its actions with mass picket lines.
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The events are expected to draw hundreds of community members to participate in mass picket lines to support the struggle of striking supermarket workers to retain their health and retirement benefits.
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