As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. What term is assigned to a group of employees who are not directly affected by…

Common situs picketing refers to a union picketing an entire job site - typically a construction site - because a dispute exists with one employer among several sharing that location.

Scabs is a term for replacement workers (strikebreakers) hired by management to work in place of striking employees, not for workers who refuse to cross a picket line.

In a sympathy strike, workers have no direct grievance of their own but refuse to cross a picket line to express solidarity with striking co-workers or another union. The employees are not a party to the dispute but their deliberate work stoppage is an act of support for the striking group, which is the defining characteristic distinguishing it from other strike types.

Wildcat strikes are unauthorized work stoppages initiated by workers without formal union approval, not a refusal to cross another group's picket line.