Word: picketer
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...said their books “discard the mythology of the white picket fence...
...last Friday, Collis felt only emptiness. Instead of running for the gear and piling into their red fire engines, Collis and his colleagues strolled somberly to the front of the ornate 19th century red-brick building and, for the second time in a week, formed a picket line. They had begun the first strike in a feisty, even jaunty frame of mind. This time, they were more subdued. Some of the men had spent all night in front of the station TV set, following the tense pay negotiations between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and their employers, a network...
...Rodeløkka, a slice of small-town Norway plunked into the heart of the city. The neighborhood's narrow, hilly streets are lined with some of Oslo's best samples of Norwegian village architecture - clapboard cottages in brick reds, royal blues and daffodil yellows, with windowboxes and white picket fences. A few more streets over, you'll find Grünerløkka, a gentrified ex-working-class district with trendy boutiques, gourmet delis and upscale bars. Munch spent much of his early life here, and downstairs from his old digs at Schouss plass 1 is Edvard...
...fires - about average for any 48-hour period - almost nobody was blaming the firemen. Instant T.V. opinion polls showed about half of all Britons sided with the strikers. (It helped that few people were seriously inconvenienced; tube and train lines remained open.) Across the country, motorists driving past picket lines honked in solidarity. Public sympathy strengthened FBU leader Andy Gilchrist's resolve to hold out for a bigger pay rise. "We now have a window of opportunity before the next strike to seek a resolution before any more lives are put at risk," he said at the conclusion...
...minimum standard of dignity for working people. In this spirit, Harvard should pressure UNICCO to meet the striking janitors’ demands, or else sever all ties with the company. Harvard students, in a complete reversal of the actions of their 1912 counterparts, should join the janitors on the picket lines and in the streets to demand justice...