How to Use cross the picket line in a Sentence
cross the picket line
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People who cross the picket line and do our work for a struck employer are scabs.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
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Protest spokesman Mohamed Shehk said three dozen dock workers refused to cross the picket line and some remained to protest with the group.
—Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2021
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If one union were to go on strike, others could refuse to cross the picket line, and rail companies could respond in kind with a nationwide lockout.
—Ryan Beene, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
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The strike was complicated by the fact that the current labor contract included a no-strike clause that required UAW members to cross the picket line of fellow workers fighting for their right to bargain.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
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The Disney carpenters, machinists, teamsters, and culinary workers refused to cross the picket line.
—Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
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There are rumblings, employees said, that Starbucks intends to reopen the Commonwealth Avenue cafe soon with the help of baristas and delivery drivers willing to cross the picket line.
—Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
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Because all of the rail workers have vowed not to cross the picket line in the event of a stoppage, the objections of four of the 12 unions ensures a strike unless there is a last-minute change in negotiations or congressional intervention.
—Sarah Kolinovsky, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2022
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Pat Hollenbeck, president of the Boston Musicians’ Association, said his union won’t cross the picket line until the matter is resolved.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2021
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