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• 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
• Those workers were joined by other union members from different trades who decided not to cross the picket line at some job sites.
  — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
• Protest spokesman Mohamed Shehk said three dozen dock workers refused to cross the picket line and some remained to protest with the group.
  — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2021
• If one union were to go on strike, others could refuse to cross the picket line, and rail companies could respond in kind with a nationwide lockout.
  — Ryan Beene, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
• The union has given LAX security workers permission to cross the picket line.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• The Disney carpenters, machinists, teamsters, and culinary workers refused to cross the picket line.
  — Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
• Dozens of creators have begun keeping public lists of influencers who have appeared to cross the picket line by attending premieres — all of which have ended with public apologies.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• The hospitals flew in temporary travel nurses to ensure there was no disruption to patient care, and reported that some nurses did cross the picket line and continued to work.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
• Trustees agreed to increase pay for substitutes who cross the picket line to $550 a day, a decision that has further fueled discontent among educators.
  — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
• There are rumblings, employees said, that Starbucks intends to reopen the Commonwealth Avenue cafe soon with the help of baristas and delivery drivers willing to cross the picket line.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
• The strike was complicated by the fact that the current labor contract included a no-strike clause that required UAW members to cross the picket line of fellow workers fighting for their right to bargain.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
• Because all of the rail workers have vowed not to cross the picket line in the event of a stoppage, the objections of four of the 12 unions ensures a strike unless there is a last-minute change in negotiations or congressional intervention.
  — Sarah Kolinovsky, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2022
• Pat Hollenbeck, president of the Boston Musicians’ Association, said his union won’t cross the picket line until the matter is resolved.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• For as long as this strike has gone on, there’s been fairly little noisy pushback about specific individuals who cross the picket line, and Barrymore feels like one of the few major celebrities to get the full Game of Thrones shame bell treatment.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
• Fellow union workers represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 are not on strike but have refused to cross the picket line.
  — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
• 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
• 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