RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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to lobby
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to oppose
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to strike
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to picket
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Detailed explanation-1: -pickets; picketed; picketing. Britannica Dictionary definition of PICKET. 1. : to stand or march in a public place in order to protest something or to prevent other workers from going to work during a strike.
Detailed explanation-2: -Picketing is used as a way of increasing support for industrial action. It is where workers involved in industrial action attend a workplace to increase support for their cause. They might do this by communicating information or persuading others not to work or not to carry out a part of their contracts of employment.
Detailed explanation-3: -/ˈpɪk.ɪ.t̬ɪŋ/ an activity in which a worker or group of workers protest outside a building to prevent other workers from going inside: The proposed new law would ban picketing. See.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term itself comes from the French word piquet, meaning a stake or pole stuck in the ground, either to hold up a tent or fence or to mark a line.
Detailed explanation-5: -Those who cross the picket line and work despite the strike are known pejoratively as scabs.