#9126, aired 2024-06-17 | LABOR UNIONS $800: NALC is the National Association of these postal workers; rural workers have their own union, NRLCA Letter Carriers |
#9126, aired 2024-06-17 | LABOR UNIONS $1200: The International Association of these first responders sponsors a "fill the boot" campaign to raise funds for muscular dystrophy firefighters |
#9126, aired 2024-06-17 | LABOR UNIONS $2000: The full name of the carpenters union is the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & these cabinetmakers of America Joiners |
#9126, aired 2024-06-17 | LABOR UNIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 2024 Jalen Reeves-Maybin, president of this union, said he'd like to see all stadiums switch to natural grass the NFL Players union (the NFL Players Association) |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | LABOR UNIONS $400: Also a journal they may keep, the Log is the monthly newspaper of a union of these sailors |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | LABOR UNIONS $800: The UP of the AAUP, they teach your older children well university professors |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | LABOR UNIONS $1200: In 2012 SAG merged with this union & together they went on strike in 2023 AFTRA |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | LABOR UNIONS $1600: California's CCPOA, representing this type of peace officer, has been known to put the screws to politicians correctional officers |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | LABOR UNIONS $2000: When several unions of these workers struck in 1970, troops had to replace federal employees for the first time postal employees |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $400: The union rep within a workplace is the "shop" one of these; former labor secretary Hilda Solis' dad was one a shop steward |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $800: Feline term for a strike by a group of employees without the consent of their union wildcat |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $1200: Becky Pringle is president of this union, America's largest with about 3 million members the NEA (National Education Association) |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $1600: Born Mary Harris, she was called the "most dangerous woman in America" in 1902 for her success in organizing mine workers Mother Jones |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $2000: The 2009 Fair Pay Act was named for this woman who sued her employer Goodyear for pay discrimination (Lilly) Ledbetter |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | PARTS & LABOR $200: Jake Peralta,
Harry Callahan a policeman (police detective) |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | PARTS & LABOR $400: Kim Wexler,
Vincent Gambini lawyer |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | PARTS & LABOR $600: Fox Mulder,
Clarice Starling FBI agent |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | PARTS & LABOR $800: Gabe Kotter,
Mr. Hand teachers |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | PARTS & LABOR $1000: Francis Mulcahy,
Brendan Flynn (Catholic) priests |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | ORGANIZED LABOR $400: In 2016 the NLRB ruled that private university grad students working as these helping professors may unionize TAs or teaching assistants |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | ORGANIZED LABOR $1200: Seen here is the star emblem of the U.S.A.'s largest union of these workers police |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | ORGANIZED LABOR $2000: Begun by immigrant janitors in 1921, this union has grown to include nurses, security officers & public workers the Service Employees International Union |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | ORGANIZED LABOR $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1970 table grape growers in California's Central Valley signed their first contracts with this union the United Farm Workers |
#7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $400: The seeds of Prunus persica, this fuzzy favorite, can take 18 months to germinate, but it's worth the wait peaches |
#7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $800: The United States produces 240 million bushels of these annually, like the honeycrisp & the McIntosh apples |
#7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $1200: Here's a familiar quotation: this variety "is America's most commonly grown pear" Bartlett |
#7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE FRUITS OF LABOR $1600: Sadly, Panama disease put the Gros Michel, once the most common type of this fruit, out of business in the late 1950s banana |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | LABOR $400: The baristas who prepare & serve your cup of joe at this place are now organized, having formed a union in 2004 Starbuck's |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | LABOR $800: In 1962 Delores Huetra joined with him to create a farm worker's labor union Cesar Chavez |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | LABOR $1200: In 2015 the NCAA sighed with relief as the NLRB rejected unionization of these people at Northwestern the college football players |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | LABOR $2000: In 1980 he led an interfactory strike committee in
Poland won the right to form labor unions Walesa |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | LABOR $2,600 (Daily Double): Among the other things made by members of this Michigan-based union are boats & jet engines the United Auto Workers |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | LABOR $200: In October 2014 Labor Secretary Thomas Perez called for the raising of this to $10.10 an hour the minimum wage |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | LABOR $400: Time-of-year adjective for temporary workers like those on farms or in ski resorts seasonal workers |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | LABOR $600: To protest job conditions, these public servants may threaten an outbreak of "blue flu" the police |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | LABOR $800: Founding members of their guild, the J.G., include Eddie Arcaro, Johnny Longden & John Pollard the Jockeys' Guild |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | LABOR $1000: In 1981 nearly 13,000 members of PATCO, a union of these workers, went on strike but most were soon fired air traffic controllers |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $400: The blue on the emblem of the largest national union of these is for "the thin blue line protecting those we serve" police officers |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $800 (Daily Double): Robert Montgomery & Ronald Reagan each served 2 stints as president of this the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $800: When the N.A.L.C., the National Association of these, went on strike in NYC in 1970, soldiers delivered the mail letter carriers |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $1200: Soon after the United Rubber Workers was founded in this city in 1935, it went on strike against Goodyear Akron |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $2000: The N.E.A. is the USA's largest labor union; No. 2 is the S.E.I.U., short for this "International Union" Service Employees |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | I'M GOING INTO LABOR $400: This spring day for workers was established in the aftermath of the Chicago Haymarket Square riots in 1886 May Day |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | I'M GOING INTO LABOR $2000: Nurses, doormen, bus drivers & many other who do work for others belong to this union of 2.1 million members SEIU |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | LABOR $400: After Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy, this union's retirement health care fund received a 55% stake in the company the UAW (the United Auto Workers) |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | LABOR $800: In 2011 this Swiss-based food conglomerate moved to end child labor on its cocoa farms in Ivory Coast Nestlé |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | LABOR $1200: On Sept, 18, 2012 this city's teachers ended an 8-day strike, sending 350,000 kids back to school Chicago |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | LABOR $1600: The Family & Medical Leave Act allows a woman this many weeks of unpaid leave for the birth & care of a newborn child 12 |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | LABOR $2000: The Dept. of Labor is headquartered in a building named for this female secretary of labor who served from 1933 to 1945 Frances Perkins |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | LABOR DAY FOR HERCULES $200: Hercules is often depicted wearing this animal's skin; killing the Nemean one was quite a labor a lion |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | LABOR DAY FOR HERCULES $400: Hercules used 2 rivers to clean these Augean structures the stables |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | LABOR DAY FOR HERCULES $600: For his last labor, Hercules had to go to Hades & subdue this canine that had a dragon for a tail Cerberus |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | LABOR DAY FOR HERCULES $800 (Daily Double): Hercules hunted down a brass-hooved stag that was sacred to this goddess Diana |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | LABOR DAY FOR HERCULES $800: Hercules went to the ends of the Earth to get these; maybe he wanted his tarte tatin to taste just right (the Golden) Apples (of the Hesperides) |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | LABOR $400: In 1967 this future labor leader became an electrician at the shipyards in Gdansk Lech Walesa |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | LABOR $800: In August 1981 more than 11,000 of these federal workers were fired for participating in an illegal strike air traffic controllers |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | LABOR $1200: The term for those responsible for harnessing up the mules each morning lives on in the name of this labor union the Teamsters |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | LABOR $2000: Chicago's Haymarket riot began during a rally for strikers at this agricultural equipment maker McCormick |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | LABOR $3,000 (Daily Double): This board, established by the Wagner Act in 1935, allows workers to belong to the union of their choosing the National Labor Relations Board |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LABOR $200: In this type of strike, strikers stop work but refuse to leave the factory a sit-in (or sit-down) |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LABOR $400: NEA stands for National Endowment for the Arts, or for this union representing teachers the National Education Association |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LABOR $600: In 1955 2 labor organizations combined to form this; George Meany became its first president the AFL-CIO |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LABOR $1,000 (Daily Double): The 1947 Labor-Management Relations Act curbed labor's power; these 2 legislators sponsored it Taft & Hartley |
#5078, aired 2006-10-11 | LABOR $1000: In the 1860s some well-"train"ed workers met to form the BLE, the Brotherhood of these Locomotive Engineers |
#4841, aired 2005-10-03 | MANUEL LABOR $200: On January 3, 1990 he surrendered to U.S. troops surrounding the Vatican Embassy Manuel Noriega |
#4841, aired 2005-10-03 | MANUEL LABOR $400: Longtime congressman Manuel Lujan was appointed Secretary of the Interior by this man in 1989 George H.W. Bush |
#4841, aired 2005-10-03 | MANUEL LABOR $600: In this novel, Judge Miller's gardener's helper Manuel kidnaps the dog Buck & sells him to pay his gambling debts The Call of the Wild |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | LABOR UNIONS $400: The Log is the monthly newspaper of a union of these sailors |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | LABOR UNIONS $800: Members of this Detroit-based union also make lawn mowers in Tennessee & Radio Flyer wagons in Illinois United Auto Workers |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | LABOR UNIONS $1200: California's CCPOA, representing this type of peace officer, has been known to put the screws to politicians prison guards (or correction officers) |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | LABOR UNIONS $1600: The advent of sound in movies put many members of the AFM, this union, out of work the American Federation of Musicians |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | LABOR UNIONS $2000: When several unions of these workers struck in 1970, troops had to replace federal employees for the first time postal workers |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | LABOR $400: This word refers to an employer's refusal to let employees enter the workplace without accepting his terms a lockout |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | LABOR $800: The Pittsburgh-based union of these workers was not happy with Pres. Bush's decision to lift tariffs steel |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | LABOR $1600: Members of the Industrial Workers of the World were sometimes called by this "shaky" nickname wobblies |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | LABOR $2000: A 1970 act of Congress created this agency that develops standards to help workers survive the workplace OSHA |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | LABOR $4,400 (Daily Double): His entry in the World Book lists birth & death as (1913-1975?) Jimmy Hoffa |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | LABOR UNIONS $400: In 1982 their union created a burn injury research foundation the Firefighters' Union |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | LABOR UNIONS $800: Raise your hand if you have a question for president Sandra Feldman of the American Federation of these Teachers |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | LABOR UNIONS $1200: The United Food & Commercial Workers Union wants to organize "associates" at this largest U.S. employer Wal-Mart or (Walmart) |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | LABOR UNIONS $1600: The United Farm Workers, Mine Workers & Steelworkers are all affiliated with this organization the AFL-CIO |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | LABOR UNIONS $2000: The symbol seen here is of IBEW, the International Brotherhood representing these workers Electrical Workers |
#4312, aired 2003-05-06 | LABOR $400: Currently the federal government sets it at $5.15 an hour minimum wage |
#4312, aired 2003-05-06 | LABOR $800: This founder of the Socialist Party of America was imprisoned for organizing an 1894 strike against the Pullman Company Eugene V. Debs |
#4312, aired 2003-05-06 | LABOR $1200: This union, the ILGWU, was a founder of the Liberal Party of New York State International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union |
#4312, aired 2003-05-06 | LABOR $1600: This leader of the United Mine Workers was known as the "Labor Baron" John L. Lewis |
#4312, aired 2003-05-06 | LABOR $2000: Among the purposes of this 1947 act was to prevent major strikes that would cause public emergencies Taft-Hartley Act |
#4082, aired 2002-05-07 | WOMEN IN LABOR $400: Flora Tristan, a women's rights & labor activist, was the grand-mere of this artist who painted Tahitians (Paul) Gauguin |
#4082, aired 2002-05-07 | WOMEN IN LABOR $800: Founded in the early '70s, COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) is for women in this "oldest profession" prostitutes |
#4082, aired 2002-05-07 | WOMEN IN LABOR $1200: As a lawyer in 1944, Ruth Weyand argued before the Supreme Court; she did it for the NLRB, this group the National Labor Relations Board |
#4082, aired 2002-05-07 | WOMEN IN LABOR $1600: From 1933 to 1945 she had her work cut out for her as the U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins |
#4082, aired 2002-05-07 | WOMEN IN LABOR $2000: Formed in 1896, the Daughters of St. Crispin was a union for women in this trade shoemaking |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | ORGANIZED LABOR $200: A 1998 strike centered at Ulsan in this country saved about 1,300 Hyundai jobs South Korea |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | ORGANIZED LABOR $400: Service Employees International targets office building owners in a program called "Justice for" these workers janitors |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | ORGANIZED LABOR $600: Sometimes battling Boeing, the IAMAW is the International Association of these & Aerospace Workers machinists |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | ORGANIZED LABOR $800: The BLE, Brotherhood of these, is fighting against having its job combined with conductor & brakeman engineers |
#3798, aired 2001-02-21 | ORGANIZED LABOR $1000: In 1995 this Bronx-born labor leader became president of the AFL-CIO John J. Sweeney |
#3425, aired 1999-06-25 | LABOR $100: In 1962 federal employees were given the right to organize, but not the right to do this, as other workers can strike |
#3425, aired 1999-06-25 | LABOR $200: In 1802 England passed the first law against this type of labor that Dickens attacked in "Oliver Twist" child labor |
#3425, aired 1999-06-25 | LABOR $300: All together now! Most of the gains labor unions get in the U.S. are achieved through this process collective bargaining |
#3425, aired 1999-06-25 | LABOR $400: The 1969 Nobel Peace Prize went to the Intl. Labor Organization, an agency of this body United Nations |
#3425, aired 1999-06-25 | LABOR $500: The NALC is the "National Association of" these, & you have to give them their postage due Letter Carriers |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | LABOR $100: This notice that consumers are encouraged to "look for" goes back to California carpenters in 1869 The Union Label |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | LABOR $200: Abbreviated WGA, it provides many services to members, including script registration Writers Guild of America |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | LABOR $300: When he was killed in 1968, he was planning a march of striking Memphis sanitation workers Martin Luther King Jr. |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | LABOR $400: It's the F in AFL-CIO as well as in the Stallone film "F.I.S.T." Federation |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | LABOR $500: A strike by this union shut down UPS for 15 days in 1997 The Teamsters |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LABOR PAINS $200: Type of work stoppage initiated by an employer closing its doors to workers Lockout |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LABOR PAINS $300: This revolutionary union's status grew "shaky" after a failed 1913 silk workers' strike Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LABOR PAINS $400: A series of 1995 raids in California found dozens of Thai immigrants working in these substandard garment factories Sweatshops |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | LABOR PAINS $500: This corporate practice of using external suppliers has become an issue in automotive labor disputes Outsourcing |
#2986, aired 1997-09-01 | SALUTE TO LABOR $100: Promising more assertiveness, John Sweeney was elected president of this labor federation in 1995 the AFL-CIO |
#2986, aired 1997-09-01 | SALUTE TO LABOR $200: In 1969 the brakemen, firemen & switchmen on these were "tied" together in one union railroads |
#2986, aired 1997-09-01 | SALUTE TO LABOR $300: OCAW is the union of oil, chemical & these workers; let's hope Homer Simpson's not a member Nuclear/Atomic Workers |
#2986, aired 1997-09-01 | SALUTE TO LABOR $400: This worker may be found on an airplane or as a union representative on a shop floor Steward |
#2986, aired 1997-09-01 | SALUTE TO LABOR $500: In 1995 the Int'l Association of Machinists staged a 69-day strike against this Seattle-based company Boeing |
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 | LABOR UNIONS $200: This government agency that corrects unfair labor practices has its own union, the NLRBU National Labor Relations Board |
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 | LABOR UNIONS $400: In December 1995 this Detroit-based union ended a 17-month strike at Caterpillar, Inc. United Auto Workers |
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 | LABOR UNIONS $600: When their union struck in August 1994 these workers' average salary was $1.2 million Major League Baseball Players |
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 | LABOR UNIONS $800: The United Rubber Workers is headquartered in this city Akron, Ohio |
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 | LABOR UNIONS $1000: He took over leadership of the Teamsters when JImmy Hoffa went to jail in 1967, & led them until 1981 Frank Fitzsimmons |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | LABOR $200: The full name of this union, the UAW, includes aerospace & agricultural implement workers the United Auto Workers |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | LABOR $400: In 1978 this education union, the AFT, established a division for health care professionals the American Federation of Teachers |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | LABOR $600: More than 1 million strong, AFSCME is the American Federation of State, County & these employees Municipal |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | LABOR $1000: This man was head of the AFL-CIO from its merger in 1955 until he retired in 1979 George Meany |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | LABOR TERMS $200: Clothing part whose color distinguishes manual laborers from management a white collar (a blue collar) |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | LABOR TERMS $400: A walkout is a strike in which the workers leave the factory & this is a strike in which they stay inside a sit-down |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | LABOR TERMS $600: It's the extra money you get when your employment is terminated severance pay |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | LABOR TERMS $1000: The Labor- Management Relations Act, better known as this, was passed in 1947 over Truman's veto Taft-Hartley |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | LABOR TERMS $2,000 (Daily Double): In Marxist theory, this working class does not possess capital or means of production the proletariat |
#2288, aired 1994-07-13 | ORGANIZED LABOR $200: In 1993 his administration lifted President Reagan's ban on hiring members of PATCO Clinton |
#2288, aired 1994-07-13 | ORGANIZED LABOR $400: The National Farm Workers Association he founded in 1962 later merged to form the United Farm Workers (César) Chávez |
#2288, aired 1994-07-13 | ORGANIZED LABOR $600: The Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 is better known by the names of these 2 legislators the Taft-Hartley Act |
#2288, aired 1994-07-13 | ORGANIZED LABOR $800: In 1924 William Green succeeded Samuel Gompers as president of this organization the AFL (American Federation of Labor) |
#2288, aired 1994-07-13 | ORGANIZED LABOR $1000: Walter Reuther became president of this union in 1946 the UAW (United Auto Workers) |
#2274, aired 1994-06-23 | LABOR $200: Given on top of a salary, they may include paid vacations & health insurance benefits |
#2274, aired 1994-06-23 | LABOR $400: Abbreviated NLRB, it investigates unfair labor practices the National Labor Relations Board |
#2274, aired 1994-06-23 | LABOR $600: "Maternal" nickname of early 20th century labor activist Mary Harris Jones Mother Jones |
#2274, aired 1994-06-23 | LABOR $1000: Under the USA's new family leave law, an eligible employee can take off a maximum of this many weeks for childbirth 12 |
#2274, aired 1994-06-23 | LABOR $1,500 (Daily Double): In November 1993 the White House intervened to get this company's flight attendants back to work American Airlines |
#2254, aired 1994-05-26 | LABOR $200: In this type of strike, Union members stop working but refuse to leave the plant a sit-down strike |
#2254, aired 1994-05-26 | LABOR $400: In 1960 John L. Lewis retired after 40 years as president of this union, the UMW the United Mine Workers |
#2254, aired 1994-05-26 | LABOR $600: On March 4, 1913 the Dept. of Labor was made a separate cabinet dept. under this president Woodrow Wilson |
#2254, aired 1994-05-26 | LABOR $800: Some states have passed these laws that allow employment without union affiliation right-to-work |
#2254, aired 1994-05-26 | LABOR $1000: The Industrial Workers of the World, an anti-capitalist 20th c. union, got this "shaky" nickname the Wobblies |
#2031, aired 1993-06-07 | LABOR $200: Firms engaged in interstate commerce must pay overtime for work exceeding this number of hours per week 40 |
#2031, aired 1993-06-07 | LABOR $400: In 1938 this rival to the AFL was formed & John L. Lewis became its first president the CIO |
#2031, aired 1993-06-07 | LABOR $600: The Walter P. Reuther Library at this city's Wayne State Univ. has the papers of many local union leaders Detroit |
#2031, aired 1993-06-07 | LABOR $800: Type of strike started by workers or local officials without national union authrorization a wildcat strike |
#2031, aired 1993-06-07 | LABOR $1000: This 1947 act outlawed the closed shop & union political contributions in national elections the Taft-Hartley Act |
#1916, aired 1992-12-28 | LABOR $200: Headed by Kenneth Coss, the United Rubber Workers is headquartered in this Ohio city Akron |
#1916, aired 1992-12-28 | LABOR $400: The International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers was organized for workers in this industry the railroad industry |
#1916, aired 1992-12-28 | LABOR $600: It took a California Supreme Court ruling to get this lettuce boycott leader out of jail in 1970 Cesar Chavez |
#1916, aired 1992-12-28 | LABOR $800: In 1983 Owen Bieber replaced Douglas Fraser as president of this union the United Auto Workers |
#1916, aired 1992-12-28 | LABOR $1000: Born in Sweden as Joel Emmanuel Hagglund, he was known to the Wobblies by this name Joe Hill |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | ORGANIZED LABOR $200: Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute arbitration |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | ORGANIZED LABOR $400: This board was created in 1935 to correct or prevent unfair labor practices by employers or unions the National Labor Relations Board |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | ORGANIZED LABOR $600: In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this seventy |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | ORGANIZED LABOR $800: The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city Pittsburgh |
#1800, aired 1992-05-29 | ORGANIZED LABOR $2,000 (Daily Double): This union withdrew from the AFL-CIO in 1968 under Walter Reuther, but rejoined in 1981 the United Autoworkers Union |
#1603, aired 1991-07-17 | LABOR UNIONS $200: This trade union was founded in Gdansk in September 1980 Solidarity |
#1603, aired 1991-07-17 | LABOR UNIONS $400: Since 1974 Albert Shanker has been pres. of the American Federation of these professionals Teachers |
#1603, aired 1991-07-17 | LABOR UNIONS $600: This union headquartered in Keene, Calif. organized boycotts of table grapes in the 1980s the United Farm Workers |
#1603, aired 1991-07-17 | LABOR UNIONS $1,299 (Daily Double): This union's TV commercials ask you to "Look for the Union Label" the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union |
#1542, aired 1991-04-23 | LABOR UNIONS $100: This organization includes about 78% of organized workers in the United States the AFL-CIO |
#1542, aired 1991-04-23 | LABOR UNIONS $200: Owen Bieber replaced Douglas Fraser as head of this Detroit-based union in 1983 the United Auto Workers |
#1542, aired 1991-04-23 | LABOR UNIONS $300: He's been president of the United Farm Workers since he founded it in 1962 Cesar Chavez |
#1542, aired 1991-04-23 | LABOR UNIONS $500: John Dewey & Einstein were early supporters of the AFT, which represents members of this profession teachers |
#1542, aired 1991-04-23 | LABOR UNIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): The full name of this union includes chauffeurs, warehouse men & helpers the International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | THE LABOR MOVEMENT $200: A labor contract clause calling for wages to climb automatically, named for a moving staircase Escalator Clause |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | THE LABOR MOVEMENT $400: The headquarters of the United Automobile Workers is in this city Detroit |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | THE LABOR MOVEMENT $600: From the Latin for "to grasp", it's one who is just learning a trade Apprentice |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | THE LABOR MOVEMENT $800: A management strike in which the company refuses to let employees work until its terms are accepted Lockout |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | THE LABOR MOVEMENT $1000: 2-word phrase for workers' perks developed during World War II because raises were prohibited Fringe Benefits |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $100: The Mitsubishi Eclipse & Mazda 626 are 2 Japanese cars made in the U.S. by members of this union the United Auto Workers |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $200: Fired in 1976, in 1980 striking workers got him reinstated at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk Lech Walesa |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $300: Term for the process by which unions & employers negotiate the terms of employment collective bargaining |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $400: "Big Bill" Haywood helped organize this union whose members were called Wobblies the Industrial Workers of the World |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $500: Under David Dubinsky's leadership, this union grew from 34,000 members in 1932 to 404,000 in 1966 the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | LABOR $200: Since the strike by this group was settled in time, the new "Mission: Impossible" won't reuse old scripts the Writers Guild |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | LABOR $400: In the 1960s Cesar Chavez began organizing these workers in California migrant farm workers |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | LABOR $600: In labor lingo it's the term for a complaint grievance |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | LABOR $800: In the 1800s & early 1900s employers had workers sign a "yellow-dog contract" promising this not to form a union |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | LABOR $1000: Secretary of Labor under Reagan & formerly a U.S. senator from Tennessee William Brock |
#857, aired 1988-05-03 | LABOR UNIONS $200: The AFL was mainly skilled tradesmen while this group of unions represented mostly the non-skilled the CIO (the Congress of Industrial Organizations) |
#857, aired 1988-05-03 | LABOR UNIONS $400: While clubs & fraternities are divided into chapters, unions are divided into these locals |
#857, aired 1988-05-03 | LABOR UNIONS $600: Well-known in the history of the U.S. labor movement, this group, the IWW, still exists the Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies) |
#857, aired 1988-05-03 | LABOR UNIONS $800: This Pro Football Hall of Famer & former Raider heads the NFL Players Association Gene Upshaw |
#857, aired 1988-05-03 | LABOR UNIONS $1000: 1886 pro-labor Chicago demonstration that turned into a riot in which 10 were killed the Haymarket |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | LABOR UNIONS $200: First labor union leader who went on to become U.S. president Ronald Reagan |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | LABOR UNIONS $400: "Shaky" nickname of the Industrial Workers of the World Wobblies |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | LABOR UNIONS $600: "New York Magazine" says one of the few things that's still free is a ruler from this union's Union Label department International Ladies' Garment Workers Union |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | LABOR UNIONS $800: Aerospace workers are also members of this union headed by Owen Bieber United Auto Workers |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | LABOR UNIONS $1000: The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 is usually called this, after the New York senator who authored it Robert Wagner |
#659, aired 1987-06-18 | LABOR UNIONS $200: When the union shuts down production, it's a strike, but when management does it, it's called this a lockout |
#659, aired 1987-06-18 | LABOR UNIONS $400: Appropriate type of mattress to loaf on while doing a useless job required by union rules a featherbed |
#659, aired 1987-06-18 | LABOR UNIONS $600: A needle & thread are seen on this union's label the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union |
#659, aired 1987-06-18 | LABOR UNIONS $800: In 1970 tony Boyle had rival Joseph Yablonsky killed in power struggle in this union the United Mine Workers |
#659, aired 1987-06-18 | LABOR UNIONS $1000: In 1985, heads of 23 individual unions received higher salaries than this head of the AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland |
#528, aired 1986-12-17 | LABOR $200: Slang for a worker who crosses picket lines; your mother might have told you not to pick it a scab |
#528, aired 1986-12-17 | LABOR $400: From 1979-83, the UAW headquarters in Detroit wouldn't allow any of these in the parking lot a foreign car |
#528, aired 1986-12-17 | LABOR $600: 1947 labor act which made the "closed shop" agreement illegal the Taft-Hartley Act |
#528, aired 1986-12-17 | LABOR $800: Based on their occupation, U.S. union the 7 dwarfs might join today to get a health plan & pension the United Mine Workers |
#528, aired 1986-12-17 | LABOR $1000: It is considered the successor to the Knights of Labor the AFL (the American Federation of Labor) |
#511, aired 1986-11-24 | ORGANIZED LABOR $200: His 1962 executive order gave federal workers collective bargaining rights JFK |
#511, aired 1986-11-24 | ORGANIZED LABOR $400: Term for a business that legally recognizes a sole bargaining agent, not a place to buy UAW hats union shop |
#511, aired 1986-11-24 | ORGANIZED LABOR $600: Beneath his bushy eyebrows was the vision to found the CIO & lead UMW for 40 years John L. Lewis |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | LABOR UNIONS $200: Though their average salary was $363,000 a year, players in this sport struck for 2 days in 1985 baseball |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | LABOR UNIONS $400: Teamsters leader who said he did unto others what they did unto him, only worse Jimmy Hoffa |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | LABOR UNIONS $600: In 1946 Walter Reuther became president of this union, which he led until his death in 1970 United Auto Workers |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | LABOR UNIONS $800: In 1925 A. Philip Randolph founded 1st predominantly black union for workers in this trade sleeping car porters |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | LABOR UNIONS $1000: The armed forces of this NATO country are unionized the Netherlands |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $200: From Old German "gelt", meaning service or income, it's a term for artisan groups of the Middle Ages guild |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $400: From 1886 until his death in 1924, he only missed one year as president of the AFL Samuel Gompers |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $600 (Daily Double): Profession of someone who's a member of the AFM musician |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $800: Wage system where payment base is per unit of outputs piecework |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $1000: This agreement, not to join a union during a workers' employment, sounds like a colorful canine a yellow dog |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | LABOR $100: Occupation of those who founded the 1st Masonic Lodge masons |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | LABOR $200: A person on strike or a pointed fence stake a picket |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | LABOR $300: Molly Malone made money as a "monger" of these cockles & mussels |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | LABOR $400: 1957 Doris Day musical that makes light of labor relations as well as love Pajama Game |
#402, aired 1986-03-25 | LABOR $500: From Spanish for "arm", name for migrant fruit pickers braceros |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | LABOR UNIONS $200: Of 19, 30, or 41%, percentage of U.S. labor force that's unionized 19% |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | LABOR UNIONS $400: Over the past 30 years, every president of this union has had problems with the gov't. the Teamsters |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | LABOR UNIONS $700 (Daily Double): The name AFTRA, whose members were formerly barred from being on game shows, stands for this the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists |
#163, aired 1985-04-24 | LABOR UNIONS $200: In August 1981, President Reagan fired them for striking illegally PATCO (the air traffic controllers) |
#163, aired 1985-04-24 | LABOR UNIONS $400: For nearly 40 years, Australian-born Harry Bridges led this dockworkers' union the Longshoremen's Union |
#163, aired 1985-04-24 | LABOR UNIONS $1,200 (Daily Double): Construction trade of first AFL-CIO chief, George Meany plumbing |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | LABOR UNIONS $200: Ron Leibman & Sally Field tried to organize textile workers in this '79 film Norma Rae |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | LABOR UNIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Better-known name of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 the Taft-Hartley Act |
#10, aired 1984-09-21 | LABOR UNIONS $200: Notorious labor leader missing since '75 Jimmy Hoffa |