Sentence:  When Harry Bridges told his boys to <WSD>hit the bricks</WSD>, Charley was always up front in the longshoremen's wall of flesh. His picketing record in the bloody dockside strife of 1934 and in the all-out strike of 1937 was perfect. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To participate in a workplace strike or other job action; to participate in a public protest, especially one involving picketing.