The Strike
When negotiations between the packers and unions fail, workers do this.
What is go on strike?
Jurgis is promoted to this position in the killing rooms.
What is foreman?
Jurgis attacks this man again after seeing him.
Who is Phil Connor?
Jurgis discovers that Marija is working as this.
What is a prostitute?
Jurgis attends a political rally mainly to do this.
What is sleep / find shelter?
During the strike, Jurgis works as this.
What is a scab/strikebreaker?
As foreman, Jurgis begins accepting these from the workers
What are bribes?
After the attack, Jurgis is sent back here.
What is jail?
The building Jurgis enters is revealed to be this when police raid it.
What is a brothel?
Jurgis is removed from the rally for doing this.
What is snoring / falling asleep?
After being attacked by strikers, newspapers call Jurgis this.
What is a “new American hero?”
Scully’s public opposition to strikebreaking is mainly a strategy to maintain this.
What is political power?
Jurgis’s bail is lowered from $500 to this amount.
What is $300?
Stanislovas dies after falling asleep in this type of factory.
What is an oil factory?
Because of his involvement in graft, Jurgis becomes a target and struggles to find this.
What is work / employment
The packers promise “no discrimination” against this group when rehiring.
Who are union men?
Jurgis learns how to avoid this while participating in graft.
What is accountability/responsibility?
In Chapter 27, when being rounded up to go to jail, Jurgis avoids punishment by doing this
Marija explains that to survive, people should sell anything that has value, including this.
What is themselves?
Jurgis is fired from his short-lived job because of this
What is being too weak?
When tensions rise again, the unions resume the strike because the packers secretly refuse to rehire these specific people.
Who are union leaders?
After attacking Connor, Jurgis loses protection from this powerful political figure.
Who is Scully?
After his attack on Connor, Jurgis has to pay bail and leave Chicago with only this left in his pocket.
What is three dollars?
Marija suggests Jurgis overreacted when he attacked Phil Connor over this situation.
What is Connor’s abuse of Ona?
After losing Scully’s protection and failing to find steady work, Jurgis is left in this state of life.
What is destitute / completely penniless / extreme poverty?