Know Your Union
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Boston & BPL
100
This person is the current president of the PSA executive board.
Who is Chris Strunk?
100
This TV sitcom featured the following interaction.
What is Frasier?
100
In 1990, the largest art heist in history took place at this Boston Museum.
What is the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?
200
This is the current number of members in our union.
What is 165?
200
As of 2022, this many U.S. workers belong to a union.
What is 16 million or 11.3%?
200
The Boston Public Library holds this rank amongst public libraries in the country when it comes to largest amount of volumes held.
What is second?
300
The BPL PSA Union is affiliated with AFT, which stands for this.
What is the American Federation of Teachers?
300
This U.S. state has the highest percentage of unionized workers.
What is Hawaii (at 23.4%)?
300
This was the first BPL branch to open.
What is East Boston?
400
The PSA executive board currently has this many branch representatives.
What is four?
400
In Massachusetts, this is the percentage of people as of 2022 who are affiliated with a union.
What is 13.8%?
400
Boasting more than 46,000 checkouts last quarter is this branch.
What is Jamaica Plain?
500
This year marked the Boston Public Library Staff Association being recognized as a union for the first time.
What is 1969?
500
This union, which consists of approximately 3 million members, is the largest one in the United States.
What is the National Educators Association (NEA)?
500
The first BPL location opened on Mason Street on March 20th of this year.
What is 1854?