Labor Quiz: John L. Lewis Speaks
Monday, January 7, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Labor legend John L. Lewis, a longtime president of the United Mine Workers of
America and a driving force in the formation of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations (the CIO of the AFL-CIO) had a way with words. Which of
the following quotes can be attributed to him? “They are smiting me hip and
thigh…” "No tin-hat brigade of goose-stepping vigilantes…” "Taft-Hartley
is the first ugly, savage thrust of Fascism in America…” Click here to see the complete
quotes and you could be next week's winner of a labor music CD! - photo
courtesy WisconsinHistory.org
Last
Week's Quiz: According to 2011 and 2012 reports filed by the unions with the
Department of Labor, the nation’s largest unions are: NEA, with 3,068,000
members; SEIU, 1,921,000, and AFSCME, 1,423,000.