Labor Day Terms
An organized effort to refuse work by a body of employees who are usually trying to get better working conditions or wages.
What is a strike?
The location of this strike.
What is Lawrence, MA.
The city that this fire happened in.
What is New York City?
The date of Labor Day this year (2018).
What is September 3rd?
A company who is under scrutiny for having employees commit suicide due to poor working conditions.
What is Foxconn?
Term that means a violent disturbance of peace by a crowd, can happen at strikes if things get out of hand.
What is a riot?
The types of people who were on strike.
What are women, children, unskilled workers, and immigrants working in the mills?
List some safety features that were neglected, which led to more injury and death in the fire.
What are narrow fire escape, locked doors with no escape, and no sprinklers?
The day Labor Day is celebrated.
What is the first Monday of September?
The Massachusetts minimum wage per hour.
What is $11 per hour?
Term given to someone who comes in to work when the employees are on strike.
What is a scab?
The amount of time the workers were on strike.
What is around 2 months?
The names of the two owners of the factory.
What is Max Blanck and Isaac Harris?
The city Labor Day was first celebrated in.
What is New York City?
The number of hours you can work in one week before it is considered overtime.
What is 40 hours?
An organized group of workers who protect their rights and interests.
What is a union?
The number of deaths that occurred on the strike.
What is 296 people?
The amount of people who lost their lives in this fire.
What is 145 people?
The first year Labor Day was celebrated.
What is 1882?
The number of hours in one day that a 16 year old is supposed to work.
What is 8 hours?
What is an unskilled worker?
The date that the strike finally ended.
What is March 12th, 1912?
The day this tragic fire happened.
What is March 25th 1911?
The first state to declare Labor Day as a legal holiday.
What is Oregon?
The amount of suicides committed by Foxconn employees in one year.
What is 14 suicides?