secondary picketing

noun

1. the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer

Derived Forms

• secondary picket, noun

Example Sentences

Mr Halfon, himself a member of the non-party-aligned Prospect union, suggests the Tory leadership can work with "moderate" and "sensible" trade unionists, without allowing legalising now banned practices like closed shops and secondary picketing.

From BBC

But questioned on whether this meant the party was planning to overturn legislation barring "secondary picketing" - where strikers go to the premises of a firm that trades with their employer, but is not otherwise involved in the dispute - Mr McDonnell said: "No, no we're not."

From BBC

The mobilisation of the trade union movement in support of the women was one of the factors that contributed to the outlawing of secondary picketing by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government of the 1980s.

From BBC

The bill banned secondary picketing, but Mr Gow wanted it to go further and outlaw all forms of secondary industrial action.

From BBC

Likewise, you are not allowed to picket outside the premises of your employer's customers: this is also secondary picketing.

From The Guardian