Labor Unit Study Guide Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a government program that provides money for retired people
  2. 6. American Federation of Labor, a union group
  3. 7. when workers slow down or follow all the rules strictly
  4. 8. extra pay for working long hours
  5. 12. when workers and employers negotiate working conditions
  6. 13. a legal written agreement
  7. 14. the money you get paid for working
  8. 16. a person who travels to do seasonal farm work, often living in poverty
  9. 20. unfair treatment of people based on race, gender, etc
  10. 22. the lowest amount of money you can legally be paid
  11. 23. working for a job
  12. 25. a place that helps people find a job
  13. 26. refusing to buy something
Down
  1. 1. a program that brought Mexican workers to the US for farm jobs - exploited the workers
  2. 2. when workers refuse to go to work
  3. 4. taking advantage of people unfairly
  4. 5. A civil rights activist who cofounded the UFW with Cesar Chavez
  5. 9. U.S. Secretary of Labor who helped create new laws
  6. 10. workers who cross a picket line
  7. 11. a group of workers that protects their rights
  8. 15. making sure workers are safe from harmful conditions
  9. 17. a violent clash in 1886 between police and workers
  10. 18. A term used by some Mexican Americans to express pride in their ethnic identity & fight for rights
  11. 19. when people peacefully disobey unjust laws as a form of protest
  12. 21. A Mexican-American labor leader who cofounded the United Farm Workers Union
  13. 24. a grown food that migrant workers picked