- flying picket
- noun (C) someone who travels to different factories, mines etc during a strike (strike2 (1)) and tries to persuade workers to stop working, although they do not work there themselves
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
flying picket
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flying picket — noun One of a mobile group of pickets available for reinforcing the body of local pickets during a strike • • • Main Entry: ↑fly * * * flying picket UK US noun [countable] [singular flying picket plural … Useful english dictionary
flying picket — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a person who travels to picket a workplace where there is an industrial dispute … English terms dictionary
flying picket — UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a worker who travels to support workers who are on strike (= refusing to work) at another place of work: »Employers may be able to take legal action to stop other forms of action, such as the use of flying pickets … Financial and business terms
flying picket — See picketing. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
flying picket — n someone who travels to different factories during a ↑strike and tries to persuade workers to stop working … Dictionary of contemporary English
flying picket — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flying picket : singular flying picket plural flying pickets someone who travels around to places where workers are on strike, and helps them to stop other people from working there … English dictionary
flying picket — noun Brit. a person who travels to picket a workplace where there is an industrial dispute … English new terms dictionary
flying picket — /flaɪɪŋ ˈpɪkət/ (say fluying pikuht) noun 1. a group of striking workers who move from one site to another to assist with picket lines. 2. a member of such a group …
flying picket — British a crowd from afar trying to stop others working They travelled by road rather than by air. Perhaps obsolete since such intimidatory action has been made illegal … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
flying picket — See picketing … Big dictionary of business and management
