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.
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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
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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
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“Cross the picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross%20the%20picket%20line. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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