LABOR
LABOR UNIONS
WOMEN IN LABOR
ORGANIZED LABOR
SALUTE TO LABOR
100
In 1967, this future labor leader became an electrician at the shipyards in Gdansk
Lech Walesa
100
The blue on the emblem of the largest national union of these is for "the thin blue line protecting those we serve"
police officers
100
Flora Tristan, a women's rights & labor activist, was the grand-mere of this artist who painted Tahitians
Paul Gauguin
100
A 1998 strike centered at Ulsan in this country saved about 1,300 Hyundai jobs
South Korea
100
Founded in 1869, this influential labor organization was one of the first major unions in the U.S., advocating for an 8-hour workday and inclusive membership across trades
the Knights of Labor
200
In August 1981, more than 11,000 of these federal workers were fired for participating in an illegal strike
air traffic controllers
200
When the N.A.L.C., the National Association of these, went on strike in NYC in 1970, soldiers delivered the mail
letter carriers
200
Founded in the early '70s, COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) is for women in this "oldest profession"
prostitutes
200
Service Employees International targets office building owners in a program called "Justice for" these workers
janitors
200
In 1969 the brakemen, firemen & switchmen on these were "tied" together in one union
the railroads
300
The term for those responsible for harnessing up the mules each morning lives on in the name of this labor union
the Teamsters
300
Soon after the United Rubber Workers was founded in this city in 1935, it went on strike against Goodyear
Akron
300
As a lawyer in 1944, this woman argued before the Supreme Court; she did it for the National Labor Relations Board
Ruth Weyand
300
Sometimes battling Boeing, the IAMAW is the International Association of these & Aerospace Workers
machinists
300
OCAW is the union of oil, chemical & these workers; let's hope Homer Simpson's not a member
Nuclear/Atomic workers
400
This board, established by the Wagner Act in 1935, allows workers to belong to the union of their choosing
the National Labor Relations Board
400
Robert Montgomery & Ronald Reagan each served 2 stints as president of this
the Screen Actors Guild
400
From 1933 to 1945 she had her work cut out for her as the U.S. Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
400
The BLE, Brotherhood of these, is fighting against having its job combined with conductor & brakeman
engineers
400
This worker may be found on an airplane or as a union representative on a shop floor
steward
500
Chicago's Haymarket riot began during a rally for strikers at this agricultural equipment maker
McCormick
500
The N.E.A. is the USA's largest labor union; No. 2 is the S.E.I.U., short for this "International Union"
service employees
500
Formed in 1896, the Daughters of St. Crispin was a union for women in this trade
shoemaking
500
In 1995 this Bronx-born labor leader became president of the AFL-CIO
John J. Sweeney
500
In 1995 the Int'l Association of Machinists staged a 69-day strike against this Seattle-based company
Boeing