Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
987,387,583 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Picketing
(redirected from Mass picketing)

    Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.

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.

Cross-references

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.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? References in periodicals archive
Similarly, union instructions to permit the union's white collar section (COSA) to continue working normally were defied with successful unofficial mass picketing across the country, which was then extended to National Coal Board (NCB) employees in the Clerical and Administrative Workers Union who did not join the strike at the large Coal House offices in Doncaster (and in South Wales and the North East).
There is no alternative: exploring the options in the 1984-5 miners' ... by Darlington, Ralph / Capital & Class
When mass picketing practically shut down the Warner Brothers studio, strikebreakers and sheriffs attacked pickets with fire hoses, tear gas, lead pipes, night sticks, battery cables, chains and fists.
Class Struggle in Hollywood: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and Trade ... by Rubin, Rachel / Radical Teacher
After the Northwest Businessmen's Association stopped the mass picketing with their injunction, a wave of anti-Jewish feeling broke out among movement forces.
'Buy where you can work': boycotting for jobs in African-American ... by Skotnes, Andor / Journal of Social History
More results
 
Legal browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Legal Dictionary
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.