The history of labor organizing, unions, strikes, and collective bargaining. Economic models remain in Economics; civil-rights milestones retain Civil Rights.
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Who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez?
Huerta coined the slogan "Si, se puede" during the campaign and led boycott organizing nationwide.
Which labor leader led the United Farm Workers grape boycott?
Chavez co-founded the UFW and became the national face of the grape boycott through marches and fasts.
What food did United Farm Workers supporters refuse to buy during the grape boycott?
Skipping grapes hit growers at the checkout, and many growers signed union contracts in 1970.
In which California city did the 1965 grape strike that led to the boycott begin?
Filipino grape workers started the Delano walkout, then joined with Chavez's group to form the UFW.
The IWW helped lead the 1912 "Bread and Roses" strike in which industry?
The Lawrence, Massachusetts, strike united immigrant mill workers who spoke many different languages.
In which city did the Matchgirls’ Strike of 1888 take place?
The factory stood in Bow, an East End district where many working families lived in poverty.
Poland’s Solidarity movement emerged from strikes in which city?
Workers at the Lenin Shipyard made Gdańsk a symbol of resistance to Communist rule.
Which socialist organizer worked alongside Jim Larkin during the Dublin Lockout?
Connolly later led the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising and was executed afterward.
Solidarity’s founding strike in Gdańsk took place at what kind of workplace?
The workers staged a sit-in rather than taking to the streets, remembering the deadly repression of protests in 1970.
Which transport service saw the strike that helped start the Dublin Lockout?
Tram workers stopped work during the Dublin Horse Show, disrupting a busy period in the city.