cross the picket line
idiom
: to go to work while other employees at one's place of work are picketing
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Those workers were joined by other union members from different trades who decided not to cross the picket line at some job sites.
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Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
That would have presented the prospect of celebrities having to cross the picket line to get into the event.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 May 2024
The winners are refusing to cross the picket line in solidarity with Jeopardy's writers amid a wave of reports that claim the series will potentially recycle old questions for this year's competition, per the Hollywood Reporter.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 25 July 2023
Teachers in Fresno, California, have authorized a strike, and to fill the temporary vacancies, the school district is sending out a state-wide call for substitute teachers with a lucrative offer — $500 per day to cross the picket line.
—Aubrey Gelpieryn, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
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Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
That would have presented the prospect of celebrities having to cross the picket line to get into the event.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 May 2024
The winners are refusing to cross the picket line in solidarity with Jeopardy's writers amid a wave of reports that claim the series will potentially recycle old questions for this year's competition, per the Hollywood Reporter.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 25 July 2023
Teachers in Fresno, California, have authorized a strike, and to fill the temporary vacancies, the school district is sending out a state-wide call for substitute teachers with a lucrative offer — $500 per day to cross the picket line.
—Aubrey Gelpieryn, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
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