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picketing

[pik-it-ing] / ˈpɪk ɪt ɪŋ /


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The law states that it does not “prohibit any expressive conduct including peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration.”

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

Ministers really didn't want to do that with NHS staff picketing outside the parliament.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

The picketing machinists benefited from a strike fund while they were off the job but were under increasing pressure as healthcare coverage lapsed for some families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Longshoremen started picketing after their six-year labor contract with the United States Maritime Alliance expired at midnight.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

For most of the student demonstrators, however, nonviolence wasn’t simply another strategy such as picketing or sitting in; it was an act of faith.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson