Mine Wars Vocabulary
Across
- 1. list w/names of individuals to be avoided or punished
- 4. work stoppage involving all unionized mines
- 6. workers not allowed to enter workplace
- 9. using military forces to keep order when civilian authority breaks down
- 11. decline in economic activity
- 12. formed to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions
- 14. replacing craftsmen with machines that required little skill to operate
- 16. the practice of paying miners for a smaller amount of coal than what they actually mined
- 17. a process where unions and companies negotiate with each other for wages and working conditions
Down
- 2. a work stoppage
- 3. orders by a judge to stop or force an action
- 4. harassment or attacks by small, independent groups
- 5. forced out
- 7. a final statement of terms offered by one party to another with the threat of force if the offer is not accepted
- 8. people willing to work for the companies when regular workers went on strike
- 10. signed by miners to not join a union
- 13. tokens or paper certificates used instead of money
- 15. unwritten law based on earlier court decisions