picket

picket: US /ˈpɪkɪt/ noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE

► (also picket line) a group of people who stand outside an organization's building holding signs to protest against something. The people who protest are often employees who disagree with the management: »The rail union is planning a 150-person picket of the terminal for two days next week.
» The new government was determined to avoid a return to the old days of industrial action and mass picket lines.
»Most union members were reluctant to cross the picket line.
stand on/walk the picket line »We spent two weeks walking the picket line, trying to get better benefits.
»Workers staged a picket outside the factory gates.
»Workers picked up their picket signs and began their protest.

→ Compare STRIKE(Cf. ↑strike) noun

► UK a single person in a picket line: »Police escorts were provided for tanker drivers who had experienced intimidation by pickets.

→ Compare PICKETER(Cf. ↑picketer)

→ See also FLYING PICKET(Cf. ↑flying picket)

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picket UK US verb [I or T] HR, WORKPLACE

► to show an organization that you are not satisfied with them by standing outside their building and trying to prevent people from entering and doing business with them : »The firm's annual general meeting was picketed by union members angry at the decision to cut jobs.
»The group has decided not to picket until after the talks.

→ Compare STRIKE(Cf. ↑strike) verb

picketing /ˈpɪkɪtɪŋ/ US /-ṱɪŋ/ noun [U]

► »The proposed new law would ban picketing.

→ See also SECONDARY PICKETING(Cf. ↑secondary picketing)

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picket — pick·et 1 n: a person posted by a labor organization at a place of employment affected by a labor dispute; broadly: a person posted for a demonstration or protest picket 2 vt: to post pickets in front of: walk or stand in front of as a picket… … Law dictionary
Picket — may refer to: Picketing (protest), a form of protest A climbing tool used to anchor a rope Picket fence Screw picket, a tethering device Picket line, to tether horses Picket (military), a military formation Picket, a piece in fairy chess Picket… … Wikipedia
picket — [pik′it] n. [Fr piquet < piquer, to pierce < pic,PIKE2] 1. a stake or slat, usually pointed, used as an upright in a fence, a hitching post for animals, a marker, etc. 2. a group of soldiers or a single soldier stationed, usually at an… … English World dictionary
Picket — Pick et, n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See {Pike}, and cf. {Piquet}.] 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Picket — Pick et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picketing}.] 1. To fortify with pointed stakes. [1913 Webster] 2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales. [1913 Webster] 3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
picket — [n1] post of structure pale, paling, palisade, panel, peg, pillar, rail, stake, stanchion, upright; concepts 445,479 picket [n2] person who demonstrates for cause demonstrator, picketer, protester, striker; concepts 348,359 picket [n3] person… … New thesaurus
picket — ► NOUN 1) a person or group of people standing outside a workplace trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike. 2) a soldier or small body of troops sent out to watch for the enemy. 3) a pointed wooden stake driven into the ground. ►… … English terms dictionary
Picket — (Feldmeßk.), so v.w. Kettennägel … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
picket — (n.) 1680s, pointed stake (for defense against cavalry, etc.), from Fr. piquet, from piquer to pierce (see PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2)). Sense of troops posted to watch for enemy first recorded 1761; that of striking workers stationed to prevent others … Etymology dictionary
picket — The verb has inflected forms picketed, picketing … Modern English usage

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