Important Dates
The Wagner Act was passed during this year
1935
This president vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act, calling it legislation in favor of "slave labor".
Harry S. Truman
TH banned this type of employer, where they only hire union members
Closed shop
The percentage of wage and salary workers that are union members in the US
10.1%
This is the best of the Disney parks
Disneyland, of course!
4.5 million Americans went on strike during this year
1946
This president gives a voice to workers while giving them a "New Deal"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt or FDR
TH led to the passing of these type of anti-worker law - first one was passed in Florida in 1947
Right-to-Work laws
This was the CEO to worker compensation rate in 2021
398.8
Raisins come from this fruit
Grapes
The Norris-LaGuardia Act is passed during this year
1932
Name of Workers United's union predecessor union leader who was instrumental in the Wagner Act
Sidney Hillman
Allows this person in government to break a strike in events of "national emergency".
The US President
This was the number of children living under poverty in the US in 2022
9 million
This candidate for president ran for office 3 times, one of them from prison
Eugene V. Debs
The decade that saw some of the darkest years of the great depression
1930s
New Jersey Representative and co-sponsor of this anti-union bill bearing his name
Rep. Fred Hartley
It bans this type of strike where workers engage in solidarity
Secondary boycotts or sympathy strikes
This is the number of elderly Americans (65+) who lived in poverty in 2022
17 million (1 in 3)
This is the most common eye color in humans
Brown
The year the Taft-Hartley act was passed
1947
Ohio's "Mr. Republican" and co-author of this anti-union bill.
Senator Robert A. Taft
At the time the TH act was passed, Union officials were made to swear they were not members of this political party
Communist Party
This is the percentage of the population that wages have consistently increased since 1981.
The top 5%
This is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any US state
Q