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.
The population of Terlingua in 2000 was 267. A man named Jack Dawson reportedly produced the first mercury from Terlingua in 1888, but the district got off to a slow start. It was not until the mid-1890s that the Terlingua finds began to be publicized in newspapers and mining industry magazines. By 1900, there were four mining companies operating at Terlingua.