The correct answer to the March 2024 Trivia Challenge is
Q: "We are starving while we work; we might as well starve while we strike."
This was a quote on a strike banner. Which Union was the originator of this strike banner?
A. This was a popular banner used by the IBT (Teamsters) prior to 1902.
B. This banner was used by Irish potato farmers during the great potato famine in the late 1890's when the company's last best and final offer was 3 cents for every 75 pounds of potatoes. Ireland's farmers rejected the offer.
C. This phrase was coined in 1909 by the Garment Workers Union.
D. This phrase was actually created for the movie Norma Rae in 1979 starring Sally Field.
E. None of the above
March\Trivia Challenge winners:
1st Place Winner (Jim Cotter) $50 Gift Card
2nd Place Winner (David Grace) $25 Gift Card
Do you know the answer to the April 2024 Trivia Challenge?
Q: "The name "Pigeon Roost" is?
A. A bar that was popular among freight Teamsters in West Tampa in the early 1970's. It was Located next to the Howard Hall Company terminal. Rooms there were rented by the hour.
B. Was actually a wooded tract of land owned by Teamster member Maurice Canary. It was noted for dove hunting as well as Trap & Skeet competitions.
C. Was the nickname of Local 79's Union hall on Deckle Avenue in Tampa. Pigeons had free access into the hall itself and would roost and nest in the rafters over the general membership meeting room.
D. Was a high ridge (Hill) that bordered 3 Trucklines with Local 79 members. It served as a vantage point whereby company activity could be monitored during strikes.
E. During Local 79's organizing campaign of Harris Paint in Tampa, the company had a Flat roof (3 stories) over looking the entrance and parking of the manufacturing plant. From that vantage point the company used cameras and security guards to observe who the employees would talk to and receive literature from The vantage point was referred to as the "Pigeon Roast".
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