picket line
noun
1
: a position held by a line of military pickets
2
: a line of people picketing a business, organization, or institution
Examples of picket line in a Sentence
She joined her coworkers on the picket line.
Recent Examples on the Web
About 10,000 employees of the supermarket chain walked picket lines at 77 stores in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties, as well as in Boulder and Louisville.
Union members at the two King Soopers stores in Pueblo planned to follow suit at 5 a.m. Friday.
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Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2025
The union is planning picket lines at the theaters in both Brooklyn and Manhattan on Monday.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2025
Workers formed picket lines at seven major fulfillment centers, including Staten Island, New York; Skokie, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco; and Southern California.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
Teamsters' local unions are also putting up picket lines at hundreds of Amazon Fulfillment Centers nationwide, the union said in a Thursday statement.
—Eric Lagatta, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2025
The union is planning picket lines at the theaters in both Brooklyn and Manhattan on Monday.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2025
Workers formed picket lines at seven major fulfillment centers, including Staten Island, New York; Skokie, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco; and Southern California.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
Teamsters' local unions are also putting up picket lines at hundreds of Amazon Fulfillment Centers nationwide, the union said in a Thursday statement.
—Eric Lagatta, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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