FACTOIDS
Which civil rights leader led the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike in the period immediately before his assassination?
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Haymarket Affair, a 1886 labor protest in Chicago, helped establish which current norm?
A) safety helmets
B) the eight-hour workday
C) annual two-week vacations
B) the eight-hour workday
OSHA was created in 1970. What does it stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is associated with the slogan "An injury to one is
____ ____ ____ ____ ."
(4 words)
an injury to all
What is the term for someone who works independently rather than as a permanent employee of one company?
Freelancer
In which U.S. city was the first Labor Day parade held September 5, 1882?
New York City
Most common professional title for someone who designs bridges, roads, and other infrastructure?
CIVIL ENGINEER
Which U.S. president signed the law making Labor Day a federal holiday?
President Grover Cleveland
What profession studies earthquakes?
Seismology
What famous Chicago protest event in 1894 influenced President Grover Cleveland's decision to support Labor Day legislation?
The Pullman Strike
What profession specializes in helping people regain everyday physical abilities after injury or illness?
Occupational therapist
The U.S. is the only developed country that does not have nationwide mandatory paid leave of which type?
Maternity
What does an entomologist study?
Insects
What does UFW stand for?
United Farm Workers
What is a cartographer professionally responsible for creating?
Maps
What government agency was created in 1913 to focus on issues involving American workers?
The U.S. Department of Labor
The National Labor Union's slogan:
“Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for ... _____ _____ _____.
(three words)
what we will."
What is a lexicographer?
A person who compiles or writes dictionaries
What color is traditionally associated with the fashion rule that it is no longer appropriate to wear after Labor Day?
White
What was the profession of making repairing shoes traditionally called?
Hint: Not shoemaker
Cobbler
Official name of the professional who repairs and restores old clocks and watches?
Horologist
Official name of the professional who studies and cares for bees?
Hint: Not bee keeper
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