Labor Quiz: First Labor Political Organization
Monday, September 24, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The first labor and trade union political
organization in the U.S., formed in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1828 was: the
U.S. Labor Party, the Workingman's Party, the
National Labor Union. Click
here and you could be next week’s
winner!
Last Week’s Quiz: While the
top 1 percent of Americans take in nearly a
quarter of the nation’s income every year, in
terms of wealth – property, cash and other
things of monetary value – they control a
tidy 40 percent. Congrats to Chuck Clay of
IATSE Local 22, Washington, DC, this week’s
quiz winner! - photo by Todd Blaisdell