PICKETING Definition & Meaning

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picketing

[ pik-it-ing ]

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adjective

standing or marching, usually while holding a placard or sign, in front of a workplace, embassy, etc., as during a strike or demonstration:
Local people have dropped off food supplies and newspapers for the picketing workers outside the plant.
Military, Navy, Air Force. acting as a guard in front of other troops or vessels to warn against an enemy advance:
The enemy made us defend every inch, and it wasn’t long before our picketing troops ahead were engaged.
The British squadrons had been weakened by the ambush on their picketing submarines.

noun

the act of standing or marching with placards or signs in front of a workplace, embassy, etc., as during a strike or demonstration:
Peace activists instituted regular picketing of the weekly cabinet meetings and held vigils throughout the country.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of picketing¹

First recorded in 1830–40; picket ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective senses; picket ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun sense

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One lawmaker apparently complained that protesters have been picketing at her house and targeting her kid, one source told the Wall Street Journal's Olivia Beavers.

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Probably not, unless you have plans to stay at the Virgin hotel or visit its casino, in which case it’s possible you might encounter picketing workers.

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Workers picketing at the Port of Philadelphia started marching in a circle at a rail crossing outside the port, chanting: “No work without a fair contract.”

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

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And all those costs and hassles are likely to come at the worst possible time if striking dockworkers delay picketing until later this fall during peak holiday deliveries.

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