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.
Terrell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 984, making it the eighth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Sanderson. The county was named for Alexander W. Terrell, a Texas state senator. Terrell County is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. It is the setting for Cormac McCarthy 's novel No Country for Old Men, and the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name.