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1 Across: An outlet owned by an employer, one that sells goods to employees of the same firm. Commonplace in company towns. See also company towns. (7, 5)
Across 1. An outlet owned by an employer, one that sells goods to employees of the same firm. Commonplace in company towns. See also company towns. (7, 5)2. The process of replacing manual labour with machinery; distinct from automation, which is a later phase in the deskilling process.3. A manufacturing process in which assembly or some other part of the production system is performed by machines that are subject to control systems.6. One strand of the anti-liquor campaign in the 19th and 20th centuries, focussed on the personal impact of alcohol and personal resolve in limiting or giving up drink. Contrast with prohibition, which called for an all-out ban on the production, sale, and consumption of liquor.7. Advocate of syndicalism, the belief that industry would be best run by syndicates made up of industrial workers who would own and operate the factories themselves.8. Work that takes place over long hours; exhausting and generally poorly paid; very often involves "outwork", the taking home of materials that are assembled there, usually by female employees, who are paid on the basis of output. (7, 6)Down 1. A community with one major employer and few other employers; one in which most or all services — in some instances including housing and the supply of food — are controlled by the employer. Associated with remote resource extraction communities. (7, 5)4. Also modern and modernism; term given to a constellation of behaviours and beliefs associated with the industrial, urban era. It is associated with challenges to traditional values and ways of looking at the world, and is often used in connection with 20th century artworks, literature, and architecture.5. Civic promoters.Every word here comes from “Factories, Unions and Votes”. Have a look at it any time you're stuck.
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