It is common on construction sites for labor unions to picket nonunion contractors on the job or the union contractors with whom they have an ongoing labor dispute. That is not only a nuisance for the general contractor on the project, but it also can potentially shut down the job if unionized workers refuse to cross the picket line.
Old Church in Terlingua, 1973. Terlingua (/tÉrËlÉªÅÉ¡wÉ/ ter-LING-gwa) is a mining district and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Brewster County, Texas, United States. It is located near the Rio Grande and the villages of Lajitas and Study Butte, Texas, as well as the Mexican village of Santa Elena. The discovery of cinnabar, from which the metal mercury is extracted, in the mid-1880s brought miners to the area, creating a city of 2,000 people.
Frio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,217. The county seat is Pearsall. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1871. Frio is named for the Frio River, whose name is Spanish for cold.