common situs picketing

noun

1. the picketing of an entire construction project by a union having a dispute with only one subcontractor working at the site.

Word History and Origins

Origin of common situs picketing¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

It forbids secondary or common situs picketing, closed shops and monetary donations by unions to federal political campaigns.

From Salon

He put that theory to work in 1975 in a coordinated conservative attack on labor's common situs picketing bill.

From Time Magazine Archive

Labor suffered another setback when the House defeated its long-sought common situs picketing bill, which would have permitted pickets from a single construction union to shut down an entire building project.

From Time Magazine Archive

He vetoed the "common situs" picketing bill that would have allowed construction workers from a single local of a single union to close down an entire building project.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1975 Ford gave public promises and firm private assurances to his Labor Secretary, John Dunlop, that he would sign the "common situs picketing bill," which would permit a single construction union to shut down an entire building site.

From Time Magazine Archive