Black Women Organizers
Who played a key role in advocating for a 8-hour workday; and founded the International Garment Workers Union (IGWU)?
Who is Lucy Parsons
In What year did Hattie Canty lead workers at the Frontier Hotel through a strike that ended up lasting six and a half year to negotiate better labor standards at the casinos?
1991
Who founded the National Association of Wage Earners, Co-Founded the National League of Republican Colored Women (NLRCW)?
WHO IS NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS
Who helped organize the first Black labor union recognized by the AFL-CIO and led the organization of laundry, domestic, and restaurant workers—positions primarily held by women at that time?
Who was Rosina Tucker.
Led by Lucy Parsons in what year did the first May Day parade held in Chicago with a call for 8-hour workday?
What is 1886.
Who co-founded the Domestic Workers Union in Harlem to fight the exploitation of Black domestic workers during the Great Depression. The union challenged unfair hiring practices known as “slave markets” and advocated for better wages, overtime pay, job security, and safer working conditions.
Who is Dora Lee
Who founded the National Domestic Workers Union of American in 1968?
Who was Dorothy Bolden.
Who worked as a laundry worker turned union activist who participated in the first sit down strike during the depression era.
Silvia Woods
She fought for workers to receive living wages and organized a successful 75 day walk against Las Vegas Cansino’s that won better health insurance benefits for culinary workers.
Who is Hattie Canty