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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Disney carpenters, machinists, teamsters, and culinary workers refused to cross the picket line.
  — Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
• 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
• 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
• Dozens of creators have begun keeping public lists of influencers who have appeared to cross the picket line by attending premieres — all of which have ended with public apologies.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024