Trade Union Groups

Question 1

What is the AFL?

Answer 1

American Fededation of Labour

Question 2

What were the methods of the AFL?

Answer 2

Strikes, walk outs, boycotts

Question 3

What did the AFL want?

Answer 3

An 8 hour work day achieved in 1886
Minimum wage
Paid holidays

Question 4

Who led the AFL?

Answer 4

Samuel Gompers

Question 5

When did the AFL and CIO merge?

Answer 5

1955

Question 6

What is the CIO?

Answer 6

Congress of Industrial Organisation

Question 7

When was the CIO formed?

Answer 7

1935

Question 8

Who did the CIO represent?

Answer 8

Unskilled workers such as steel and rubber

Question 9

What were the methods of the CIO?

Answer 9

Strikes which often turned violent, sit downs, walk outs and public campaigns

Question 10

Who led the sit down strike of 1936-37 against general motors?

Answer 10

The CIO

Question 11

What is the UFW?

Answer 11

United Farm Workers

Question 12

What did the UFW want to do?

Answer 12

Empower farm workers, particularly those of migrant descent.
Increase wages from $1.20 to $1.40 per hour
Non violent protests

Question 13

What was the main strike of the UFW?

Answer 13

The Salad Bowl Strike of 1970

Question 14

What is PATCO?

Answer 14

Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organisation

Question 15

When was PATCO formed?

Answer 15

1968

Question 16

When was PATCO dissolved and by who?

Answer 16

1981 by Reagan

Question 17

What did PATCO want?

Answer 17

A shorter working week of 32 hours instead of 40.
Better retirement packages
$10,000 pay increase

Question 18

What methods did PATCO use?

Answer 18

Slowdowns, sickouts, Operation Air Safety

Question 19

What was the main Strike of PATCO?

Answer 19

PATCO strike of 1981.
Reagan fired more than 11,000 workers.
The strike went against the 1955 Act which prohibited government officials from stirking as it risked public safety

Question 20

What were the declines in strikes and union membership as a result of PATCO?

Answer 20

1980 = 187 strikes with 19,843,000 members in unions
1985 = 54 strikes with 16,996,000 members in unions

Question 21

What is the BSCP?

Answer 21

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Question 22

When was the BSCP founded and by who?

Answer 22

1925 by Phillip Randolph

Question 23

What year did the Pullman Company sign a contract with the BSCP?

Answer 23

1937

Question 24

What is the NWTUL?

Answer 24

National Women’s Trade Union League

Question 25

When was the NWTUL founded and by who?

Answer 25

1903 by Emma Patterson

Question 26

What were the methods of the NWTUL?

Answer 26

Strikes, protests, pamphlets and marches

Question 27

When were the KOL formed?

Answer 27

1869

Question 28

When was the AFL formed?

Answer 28

1886