### Clue: Workers' representatives meet resistance (crucial) and flop (6)
### Answer: TURKEY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: flop
 TU(abbrev. for "trade union";the workers' representatives) **plus**(meet) R(in physics, the symbol for electrical resistance) + KEY(crucial;of major importance).  The reps alluded to in 8 across?
Answer: Slang for a dramatic production that fails;a flop.