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{{Short description|Form of protest, usually labor action}} {{Redirect|Flying pickets|the singing group|The Flying Pickets}} {{Other uses|Picket (disambiguation)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} [[Image:20050523 012 bristol bbc picket.jpg|thumb|Employees of the [[BBC]] form a picket line during a strike in May 2005.]] '''Picketing''' is a form of [[protest]] in which people (called pickets or picketers)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=picketer |title=Picketer | Define Picketer at Dictionary.com |publisher=Dictionary.reference.com |access-date=2010-09-01}}</ref> congregate outside a [[place of work]] or location where an event is taking place. Often, this is done in an attempt to dissuade others from going in ("[[Strikebreaker|crossing the picket line]]"), but it can also be done to draw public attention to a cause. Picketers normally endeavor to be [[non-violent resistance|non-violent]]. It can have a number of aims but is generally to put pressure on the party targeted to meet particular demands or cease operations. This pressure is achieved by harming the business through loss of customers and negative publicity, or by discouraging or preventing workers or customers from entering the site and thereby preventing the business from operating normally. Picketing is a common tactic used by [[trade union]]s during [[Strike action|strikes]], who will try to prevent dissident members of the union, members of other unions and non-unionised workers from working. Those who cross the picket line and work despite the strike are known pejoratively as [[Scab labour|scabs]].
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