Kids on Strike Vocabulary

Strikea work stoppage caused by the mass

refusal of employees to perform work

Factorybuilding where laborers manufacture goods

or supervise machines

Millsfactory, place of business for making articles of

manufacture

mill girlsgirls that work in factories

Wagesfinancial compensation received by workers in exchange for their labor

Boardinghousehouse where you rent rooms for an extended

period of time

Blacklistedto deny someone work in a particular field

Salaryform of payment from an employer

Proteststrong reaction against something

Foremen

•A workers who supervises and directs other workers

Resisted

Try to prevent by action or argument

Negotiatedtry to reach an agreement or compromise by

discussions with others

Independencefreedom from control or influence of

another or others

Industriesproductions of an economic good

Loomdevice used to weave cloth

Regulationscontrolling human or societal behavior by

rules or restrictions

Farmhandsa hired hand on a farm

Domestic servants someone who works within the

employers household

apprentice•System of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill

Bankruptperson or organization that cannot repay

its debts

Dutifulobediently fulfilling ones duty

Exploitation•Act of using something in an unjust or cruel manner

Tuberculosiscontagious bacterial infection that involves the lungs