Labor Quiz: Letter Carriers Founding
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The National Association of Letter Carriers was formed in 1889. Where did the 60
letter carriers from 18 states gather to form the union? Stolley's Dance Hall in
St. Louis, MO, Schaefer's Saloon in Milwaukee, WI, or Niagara Falls, NY? Click here and you could be
next week’s winner!
Last Week’s Quiz: In 1917, A. Philip Randolph
organized a union of elevator operators in New York City. Randolph went on to
organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and a long career as a labor
leader and civil rights activist.