Union Voice: Readers Write

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Learning from the Labor Quiz: “I cannot tell a lie, especially today; George Washington’s birthday,” wrote Union City Reader Cindy Boccucci, who works in the IAM HPWO Partnerships Department, in response to last week’s Labor Quiz about Norma Rae. “I looked up the answer (Sally Field won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal as Norma Rae Webster. Norma Rae won a total of 2 awards, plus 6 other nominations) so I won’t submit it, but I just had to thank you for the Labor Quiz. Sometimes I know the answer, like Studs Terkel’s quote some time back, that I won. But, many times I don’t know the answer, so I go looking and exploring the web for the answer. I come away with so much more than the answer, the history behind it and what it meant to the labor movement. In such a small way, the quiz is my teacher, asking that question that will surely prompt a deeper understanding of the subject.”