Labor Union Founders
Who co-founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) with Samuel Gompers?
Who is Adolph Strasser?
This 1894 strike against the Pullman Company led to a nationwide rail shutdown.
What is the Pullman Strike?
This 1935 act granted workers the legal right to organize and bargain collectively.
What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?
This 1886 rally in Chicago's Square turned violent and is remembered as a significant event in labor history.
What is the Haymarket Affair (Riot or Strike)?
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?
This Irish immigrant founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in 1905
Who is Big Bill Haywood?
In 1912, textile mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts went on strike for better pay and working conditions. What is this strike commonly known as?
What is the Bread and Roses Strike?
This 1938 act established a minimum wage and maximum workweek, among other labor regulations.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
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 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?
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)?
This 1936-1937 strike by General Motors workers marked a major victory for the United Auto Workers (UAW).
What is the Flint Sit-Down Strike?
This 1914 act aimed to prevent child labor and regulate working conditions for children.
What is the Keating-Owen Act?
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?
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?
In 1965, Filipino and Mexican-American farm workers initiated this historic strike in California.
What is the Delano Grape Strike?
This 1963 act required equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender.
What is the Equal Pay Act?
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?
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 labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) alongside Dolores Huerta.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This 1968 strike by African American sanitation workers in Tennessee was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the Memphis Sanitation Workers 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 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?
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?