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.
Brazoria County is among a number of counties that are part of the region known as the Texas Coastal Bend. Its county seat is Angleton, and its largest city is Pearland. Brazoria County, like nearby Brazos County, takes its name from the Brazos River. The county also includes what was once Velasco, Texas, which was the first capital of the Republic of Texas.