cross the picket line

idiom

: to go to work while other employees at one's place of work are picketing

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Early Tuesday morning, a dumpster truck tried to cross the picket line and hit a protesting longshoreman, who was then taken to the hospital in an ambulance. —

Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024 As a right-to-work state, dockworkers are not required to the ILA members, though the belief is that non-unionized workers would not cross the picket line. —

Ken Roberts, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 Those workers were joined by other union members from different trades who decided not to cross the picket line at some job sites. —

Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024 That would have presented the prospect of celebrities having to cross the picket line to get into the event. —

Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for cross the picket line

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