Labor Union Founders
This labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) alongside Dolores Huerta.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This 1886 rally in Chicago's Square turned violent and is remembered as a significant event in labor history.
What is the Haymarket Strike (Riot or Affair)
This 1963 act required equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender.
What is the Equal Pay Act?
In 2006, this city became the first city in the United States to pass a landmark piece of labor legislation called, "The Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (or Paid Sick Leave Law)" which requires employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees.
What is San Francisco?
In 1970, this President took decisive action to address the postal worker strike, declaring it a national emergency and brought in the military to oversee postal operations such as sorting and delivering mail.
Who is Richard Nixon?
She was a prominent labor leader and suffragist who co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Who is Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)?
What is the major labor strike that took place in the steel industry in 1919, involving thousands of workers across multiple states?
What is the Great Steel Strike?
This 1914 act aimed to prevent child labor and regulate working conditions for children.
What is the Keating-Owen Act (Child Labor Act)?
This 1969 event saw LGBTQ+ patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resist police harassment, leading to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
What is the Stonewall Uprising?
The slogan "I AM A MAN" was prominently featured in this strike, emphasizing the workers' demand for dignity and respect.
What is the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike?
This Irish immigrant founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in 1905
Who is Big Bill Haywood?
What is the strike led by women garment workers in New York City in 1909-1910, advocating for better working conditions and workers' rights?
What is the Garment Workers’ Strike?
This 1935 act granted workers the legal right to organize and bargain collectively.
What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?
This 1934 strike in the U.S. maritime industry was a pivotal moment for organized labor on the West Coast.
What is the West Coast Waterfront Strike?
This president intervened in the Pullman Strike involved sending federal troops to ensure the uninterrupted movement of U.S. Mail trains.
Who is President Grover Cleveland?
He was a leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African American labor union.
Who is A. Philip Randolph?
What is the labor strike by air traffic controllers in 1981, which resulted in the firing of thousands of federal employees by President Ronald Reagan?
What is the Air Traffic Controllers’ Strike?
This 1938 act established a minimum wage and maximum workweek, among other labor regulations.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
This 1919 event involved a wave of strikes across various industries, often remembered for its association with radical labor activism.
What is the Seattle General Strike?
This person was a key figure in the formation of the American Federation of Labor, which was founded in 1886. He served as its first president and held the position for most of his life, from 1886 until his death in 1924.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
Who co-founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) with Samuel Gompers?
Who is Adolph Strasser?
What is the significant auto industry strike that occurred in Michigan, in 1936-1937, leading to the recognition of the United Auto Workers (UAW)?
What is the Flint-Sit-Down Strike?
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 transformed the Post Office Department into this independent agency.
What is the United States Postal Service (USPS)?
This 1963 event, where over 200,000 people marched for jobs and freedom, is one of the largest political rallies for human rights in U.S. history.
What is the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
She is labor leader known for organizing the United Farm Workers (UFW) and advocating for the rights of migrant farm workers.
Who is Dolores Huerta?