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This Labor Leader organized the famous 1965 "Grape Strike", a protest for worker's rights.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This law established standards for minimum wages, as well as restricting the remount of hours children under 16 can work.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
One of the most famous in the history of the labor movement, this strike was lead by Cesar Chavez to fight for agricultural workers.
What was the Grape Strike?
This benefit describes when an employee is paid their normal wage when not working.
What is Paid Time Off? (PTO)
This Labor leader, dubbed "the most dangerous woman in America", mothered the unionization of railroad and mine workers.
Who was Mother Jones?
This law established health and safety standards that employers have to follow in order to create an environment free from hazards.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act? (OSHA)
In this tragic event, workers were trapped in a burning factory as a result of employer negligence.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
This benefit provides pay for retired workers, dependents, and disabled workers.
What is Social Security
The first and longest serving president of AFL, this Labor leader developed the structure and strategies in American unions.
Who was Samuel Gompers?
This act requires employers to give employees 12 weeks of leave for the birth of adoption of a child, or for serious illness.
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
What was the Great Postal Strike of 1970
This kind of benefit provides income for workers who have been laid off or otherwise lost their jobs.
What are unemployment Benefits?
This Labor Leader was the leading voice for Social Security and Health endurance for workers.
Who was Nelson Hale Cruikshank?
This law, dealing with the relationship between unions and employers, protects union funds and promotes transparency in employers and unions.
What is the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act?
When a Pennsylvania steel mill lowered wages to cut costs, workers United in this famous 1892 strike.
What was the Homestead strike?
This benefit pays medical expenses and lost income resulting from work related injuries and illnesses
What is Workers Compensation?
Known as the "Father" of labor day, this Labor leader advocated for a national labor federation.
Who was Peter J. McGuire?
This law, administered by the wage and hour division, prevents employers from using lie detectors on employees.
What is the Employee Polygraph Protection Act?
This strike of miners in 1894 caused a long battle with mine owners that eventually yielded higher wages and better hours.
What was the Battle of Cripple Creek
Different from mandatory benefits, this category of benefits describes those that employers are not required by law to offer employees.
What are Fringe Benefits?