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Picketing is a form of Protest in which people 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 ("crossing the picket line"), but it can also be done to draw public attention to a cause. Pickets normally endeavor to be Non-violent . It can have a number of aims, but is generally to put pressure on the party targeted to meet particular demands. This pressure is achieved by harming the business through loss of customers and negative publicity, or by discouraging or preventing workers from entering the site and thereby preventing the business from operating normally. Picketing is a common tactic used by Trade Union s during Strikes , who will try to prevent dissident members of the union, members of other unions and ununionised workers from working. Those who cross the picket line and work despite the strike are known pejoratively as Scabs . TYPES OF PICKET in Oxford during a strike on 2006-03-28 , with members carrying picket signs.]]A mass picket is an attempt to bring as many people as possible to a picket line, in order to demonstrate support for the cause. It is primarily used when only one workplace is being picketed, or for a symbolically or practically important workplace. Due to the numbers involved, a mass picket may turn into a Blockade . Secondary picketing is where people picket locations that are not directly connected to the issue of protest. This would include retail stores that sell products by the company being picketed against, and the private homes of the company's management. Secondary pickets often do not have the same civil law protection as primary pickets. Another tactic is to organize highly mobile picketers who can turn up at any of a company's locations on short notice. These flying pickets are particularly effective against multifacility businesses which could otherwise pursue legal Prior Restraint and shift operations among facilities if the location of the picket were known with certainty ahead of time. Picketing is also used by Pressure Group s across the political spectrum. DISRUPTIVE PICKETING Disruptive picketing is where picketers use force, or the threat of force, or physical obstruction, to injure or intimidate or otherwise interfere with either staff, service users, or customers. Leedom v. Kyne and the Implementation of a National Labor Policy , James F. Wyatt III, Duke Law Journal, Vol. 1981, No. 5 (Nov., 1981), pp. 853-877 In the US, disruptive picketing of abortion providers is a common form of Pro-life protest: Picketing and harassment over thirteen thousand incidents were reported in 2005 Violence statistics PICKETING AND THE LAW Picketing, as long as it does not cause obstruction to a highway or intimidation, is legal in many countries and in line with Freedom Of Assembly laws, though many countries do have restrictions on the use of picketing. In the UK the Historically, picking was banned by a Liberal government in the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871 but then decriminalised by a Conservative government with the Conspiracy And Protection Of Property Act 1875 . Timeline:1850-1880 , TUC history online, Professor Mary Davis, Centre for Trade Union Studies, London Metropolitan University In the US any strike activity was hard to organise in the early 1900s however picketing became more common after the protected. Thornhill V. Alabama Other cases cited at Free Speech Zone#Notable Incidents And Court Proceedings NOTES AND REFERENCES |
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