pickets

pickets
pick·et || 'pɪkɪt n. patrol of strikers; watch, escort; guardian, keeper; pointed peg, spike v. strike, protest, participate in a picket line; guard, watch over; fence in, enclose

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  • flying pickets —    The term ‘flying pickets’ was first used in 1980 to describe the striking nurses who went to different hospitals to persuade other medical workers to join them. Similar pickets had been used by radical trade unions from the late 1960s as… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

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  • The Flying Pickets — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) A cappella Gründung 1982 Website http://www.flyingpickets …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • UK miners' strike (1984–1985) — A picket taking place in South Yorkshire. The UK miners strike was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades… …   Wikipedia

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