just not sure

This week we will weave in questions related to labor along with other news of the week questions. That way I may be able to sneak out a little early myself this weekend. Someone check the door and see if the boss is watching.

Some of these quetions may be recycled from previous years, so I am sure you will remember them easily.

1) Walmart having their employees use Medicaid in place of giving them enough hours to qualify for the company plan would be considered a type of what?

2) Thursday a specific group of workers staged one day strikes in at least 60 cities across the country. What group of workers staged these strikes?

3) The first labor Day was celebrated in what American city?

4) Any idea what year?

5) In what seems to be somewhat of a reversal, the Obama administration will be taking a more relaxed policy toward enforcement of laws for what?

6) One of the major union victories over the years was the Flint Sit Down Strike. What year did this strike take place?

7) What company was the sit down strike against?

8) Pick your boyfriends carefully. The ex-girlfriend of this dictator was executed by a firing squad. Who do you not want to date?

9) In 1902 this diminutive labor leader was called “the most dangerous woman in America.” Who was this early labor leading woman who was instrumental in organizing miners?

10) Britain voted not to take action in Syria. This was the first time a prime minister had lost a war vote since 1782. Who was the enemy of the British in 1782?

11) The Haymarket Affair of 1886 was a bombing that took place during a labor demonstration in Chicago. What was the main issue for this demonstration?

12) Public sector unions trailed private sector unions. Unions for federal workers were first recognized with an executive order from what president?

13) States that stop mandatory union membership in workplaces are known by what euphemistic name?

14) What union did Ronald Reagan fire most of the members of and then eventually have decertified in a famous 1981 strike?

15) Republican leaders (including Tim Scott) were invited to speak at the March on Washington commemoration. Yet not a one showed. Where were they?

Alright! Labor has really taken a beating since Reagan. Strong labor is really the only deterrent to overwhelming corporate power. If you haven’t been burned by the corporate power yet, you most likely will be in some fashion. We need unions to come back in some form. Keep the labor situation (large numbers being paid below poverty levels in this country) in your mind tomorrow.

1) Corporate welfare

2) Fast Food Workers

3) New York City

4) 1882

5) marijuana as announced by Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Wednesday

6) started in 1936 and went into 1937

7) GM

8) Kim Jung Un

9) Mary Harris “Mother” Jones

10) the American colonies aka the US

11) the 8 hour workday

12) Kennedy in 1962

13) “right to work” states

14) PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers org)

15) Oddly, they all claimed to have previous commitments. Doesn’t speak well for their outreach program.

Have a happy and safe Labor Day