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Picketing is a common tactic used by trade unions during strikes, who will try to prevent dissident members of the union, members of other unions and non-unionised workers from working. Those who cross the picket line and work despite the strike are known pejoratively as scabs.
In continuing to work, or taking jobs at a workplace under current strike, strikebreakers are said to "cross picket lines". Some countries have passed laws outlawing strikebreakers to give more power to trade unions , while other countries have passed right-to-work laws which protect strikebreakers.
The longer the picket line, the shorter the strike; No Gods, No Masters was a slogan first used during the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike. It was since adopted by early 20th century feminists and later anarchists and members of the Occupy Movement. The only force that can break tyrannical rule is the one big union of all the workers [9] (Wobbly ...
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines. As ...
About five people picketing in the United Auto Workers strike outside a Flint-area General Motors plant suffered minor injuries Tuesday when a vehicle leaving the plant struck them, police said.
A strike by several hundred City of Fresno employees that disrupted bus routes and some other city services Tuesday ended with a proposed contract agreement after a single day of picketing.
Union busting is a term used by labor organizations and trade unions to describe the activities that may be undertaken by employers, their proxies, workers and in certain instances states and governments usually triggered by events such as picketing, card check, worker organizing, and strike actions. [1]
Though the strike is still technically ongoing until the Guild authorizes the official end of the work stoppage, leadership has suspended picketing. Screenwriters with the Writers Guild of America ...