LABOR 250: Intro to the Study of Labor

The newsreel called San Francisco

"Frisco'

The gathering where longshoremen and warehousemen were hired every morning down on the docks during the 1930's in San Francisco was called a

"shape up"

The Chinese workers worked from dawn to dark, at least 12 hours a day, of hard and exhausting work, building the Central Pacific, for about how much per day?

$1 per day

The women working in a basement sweatshop whom Gabe saw at work were receiving about how much per hour?

$1.25

The workers at the Nike Factory in the suburb of Jakarta, Indonesia, earn how much?

$1.25 per day

According to a study done at UCLA, immigrants account for how much spending in the US economy?

$150 billion

At the rate workers were paid in the shipyards, about how much would they earn in one year in this kind of work during World War Two?

$2,500

How much did a slave master pay to buy Frances Black as a small child, so his white child would have a "playmate"?

$200

For those long hours of work each week, how many dollars did the young women of Lowell receive each week? (You may note that I mistakenly say their wages are "per hour per week", when what I actually meant to say was just "per week". Not "per hour".)

$3 to $5 per week

Pollin says you could cover half the cost of the minimum wage going up to $10.50 an hour, at McDonald's by raising the price of a Big Mac from $4 to what?

$4.05

And another for a little research -- what is the Federal minimum wage today?

$7.25 an hour

And as long as we are on a roll, here's one more -- what is the minimum wage in the State of California?

$8.00

Besides slavery, how many times are other kinds of work mentioned in the U.S. Constitution?

0

How many of the thousands and thousands of Chinese workers who helped build the great transcontinental railroad across the country were permitted to be in the picture taken at the finishing point celebration in Promontory Point, Utah?

0

The "net" number ("ins" minus "outs") of undocumented immigrants coming to the US each year from Mexico is presently approximately

0

How many chickens are killed, cut, and packaged for consumption every week at the Pilgrims' Pride plant Gabe worked in?

1,500,000

The girls were brought to work in the mills as early as the age of

10

The last day, when there was a contest to see which railroad could get the most track laid in one day, the workers on the railroad coming from the East laid 6 miles of track, and the workers coming from the West laid how may miles of track?

10

The informal market for electronic goods in the streets of Lagos Nigeria is worth how much in buying and selling every day?

10 million a day

The Ohlone numbered, all together, approximately

10,000

The population of the city in which the plant is located is about

10,000

When Little City Farms in San Francisco published its annual earning per person last year, it disclosed that each of the people involved earned about how much for the year?

10,000

Time to do a bit of web research: The Grayson Bill, currently in Congress, mentioned by Robert Pollin,proposes to raise the minimum wage to what?

10.50 an hour

Robert Pollin points out that when the US economy was really booming and growing, in the '60's, the 'real' mininum wage, in terms of what it would purchase in today's dollars, after you account for inflation, would be the equivalent of a minimum wage today of

10.65 per hour

Aaron says that K-12, the largest on line learning service, currently serves about how many students directly via on line learning?

100,000

How many strikebreakers were sent in by the companies to try to break the strike by doing the work of the strikers?

1000

In order to have gross income of one million dollars, how many loaves of bread did Danny determine he would have to bake each day if he were to charge $4 a loaf and bake 250 days a year?

1000

By 1853, the Lowell Girls had secured the right to work "only" how many hours a day, by law?

11

Often, slave children were sent to the fields to work by the time they were

12 years old

In the real contract of indentured servitude we reviewed in the lecture, a 5 year old girl named Susan gave up how many years of her life as a servant in return for room and board, 20 dollars, and learning reading/writing/arithmetic?

13

The SFSU professor who is interviewed in this video estimated the total number of Chinese workers who built the Central Pacific Railroad as approximately

13,000

In Title 29 of the United States Code, what section is the section quoted in the powerpoint? That is, what number fills in this blank: 29 USC _____ ???

151

Time to pull out the calculator or your personal powers of long division and do a bit of arithmetic: if the Union movement currently has about 15.3 million people in it, what percentage of the movement's people are in California?

16%

If you had to summarize what the author of this article seems to think about the current US immigration policy, he believes it is

really really stupid

The workers in the first demonstration video are holding cards in their hands that are what color?

red

What color are the motorcycles?

red

Once that Treaty was fully negotiated, with goals for reduced emissions, cleaner air, and so on, what did the US Congress do?

rejected the treaty

Near the end of the video, a voice explaining the victory says that the most important thing that the strikers won was

respect

You will not find the answer to this question in the video, you will have to use common sense. The question: why do you suppose Congress has not already raised the minimum wage?

Because business lobbyists have convinced them that it would be bad for business

Here's one that might be fun to research since it's not in the lecture --- Jefferson Cowie wrote Stayin Alive about the 1970's. The title of the book was taken from a song sung by what hugely popular singing group of the 1970's?

Bee Gees

The author of one of the great books of the women's movement, called The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, was named

Betty Friedan

From the point of view of the writer of The New Industrial State, there were 3 countervailing powers which more or less kept each other in balance because of their relative power. The one which was NOT one of the 3 was

Big Media

"It's the economy, stupid" was the reminder slogan for which Presidential campaign, to keep everyone focused on what really matters in getting people to vote for a person to be President?

Bill Clinton

Professor Reich served in this office during the Presidency of

Bill Clinton

The laws which Southern States ennacted to limit any rights whatsoever of slaves were called

Black codes

Big tobacco companies with their headquarters in North Carolina include

Both RJ Reynolds and Lorlillad

One of California's US Senators is a Feinstein and the other is a

Boxer

Gabe first became interested in pursuing this book work in which city?

Brooklyn

The areas of Midwestern cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and Toledo, where there are closed factories, located on lands that contain toxic wastes left over from manufacturing processes are called

Brown Zones

Many Native Americans in the Missions responded to the labor relations structure by

revolting, resisting, and escaping

Pg. 4: Which of the following States suffered a loss of 4% or more public sector jobs in the last few years?

rhode island

Some common characteristics of an early New England farm included all but one of the following. Which is the one?

rocky soil

The Boston Massacre, said to be the first time blood was shed in the battle for America's independence from the English, was waged over who would make

rope

One kind of family workshop NOT shown in the engravings that were part of the lecture:

rope maker

In order for companies like Wal Mart and Amazon to be able to ship just about anything to you overnight and for low prices, the companies insist on paying low wages to people who

run very fast and hard

The name of the town the plant was built in is

russellville

In early Rhode Island, crops were transported on

ruts through fields and forests

Which of the following does the inside of this factory most resemble?

science lab

The little ole watch seller in a Minnesota train station founded

sears

According to this video, the wave of womens' actions, the feminist movement, which swept through the 1970's, was the ________________ wave of feminism in American history

second

Eliseo Medina is the _______________________________ of SEIU.

secretary treasurer

The website where you can find out more information about Mary Kay's Union is

seiu.org

Neuwirth believes that the people who work in the informal economy, in places like garbage dumps, are

self reliant

This show suggested that the fast food industry pays wages that are so low that taxpayers have to provide public assistance (food stamps, etc.) to its workers just so they can survive, and that costs, every year,

seven billion dollars

In 2004, how many pounds of textiles (clothes) did America discard and ship abroad PER PERSON?

seventy eight pounds

How many years ago did the Flint Sit Down Strike and the first automobile company Union contract happen?

seventy five years

The co-author of the book Lissa wrote is at what University?

sf state

The New Deal Federal government agency which did so much building in national parks, like Yosemite, of trails, bridges, and so on, was the

CCC

The admission of what state, rich in resources, in part caused the South to become frightened it would lose its battle to preserve slavery in the United States?

California

Which of the following states was actually IN this newsreel?

California

People suggest that if there are more charter schools, California will have a "two tier" school system -- one "charter" system for wealthier communities, and one "public" system for poorer communities. Aaron answered this particular issue by saying

California already has a two-tier system, one tier for wealthy communities and one for poorer communities

What US President had fired Boston police in 1919 for striking, a President whom President Reagan looked up to?

Calvin Coolage

The precise date of the "date that will live in infamy" is

December 7th

The number 4 online retailer in the USA is

Dell

The first name of the worker that Jefferson Cowie spends so much time talking about and quoting in this video is

Dewey

The US Army doctor who took Dred Scott from state to state as his slave was named

Dr. Emerson

The decision of the United States Supreme Court, written by Chief Justice Taney, which said that slaves do not have any rights at all, was called the

Dred Scott Decision

The President who had been the top general of the US armed forces during World War Two and who coined the phrase "the military industrial complex" was named

Dwight D Eisenhower

The environmental movement helped win passage of all but one of the following laws. Which is the one it was not involved in?

EEOA

The law which protects employees' Pensions is often called

ERISA

The name of the shopping mall in the East Bay where there was once a giant General Motors manufacturing plant which produced automobiles is called

Eastmont

Pg.3: From most employees to least employees, which of the rankings below is now correct, as of 2010?

Education, Hospitals, Correction

Highest compensation for public employees goes to which of the following classifications?

Electrical power workers

One important instrument/tool/piece of machinery necessary for the Industrial Revolution to thrive was the cotton gin, invented by

Eli Whitney

the fish that one woman shown in a slide smokes and sells in the market in Lagos, Nigeria, comes from

Europe

A huge oil tanker ran aground in Alaska in 1989, creating one of the most horrendous oil spills in Earth's history. The oil tanker was carrying oil for which oil company?

Exxon Mobil

Which of the categories below was INCLUDED in the original Social Security Act?

Factory Workers

FLSA stands for

Fair Labor Standards Act

Chinese workers are very passive so they never went on strike despite the terrible work conditions on the Central Pacific.

False

The Ohlone tribes stayed in one place, year round, in one village, tending to planted crops. True or false?

False

The Ohlone tribes' entire economy was based on property possession and ownership. That is, everyone was judged by how much they owned and how many things they had and how cool their things were. True or False?

False

The predominant way in which farming was done in the South even in the early part of the 20th century was called

sharecropping

In the South, after the Civil War, slavery was largely replaced by

sharecropping by former slaves

Where did the products of Ohlone work go?

shared with all in the tribe

Approximately how many women were employed in jobs in furtherance of the war effort during World War Two?

six million

For each mile of railroad built, the US Government paid 10 square miles of land and

sixteen to forty-eight thousand dollars

According to Dr. Soep, It is more difficult to determine who to give credentials to nowadays because

skills are not taught and evaluated face-to-face

All the following terms mean the same thing except one. Select which one does NOT fit.

slam

C.L.Dellums, whose statue is in front of the Oakland California Amtrak Station, was one of the founders of the Brotherhood of

sleeping car porters

Most new innovative products in the American economy come from

small business entities

It was against the law for slaves to learn to read. But according to the narrator, one of the ways slaves responded was by

sneaking books and learned to read

Two necessary ingredients for deep and lasting changes in work relations in the United States are

social movements and new laws

Which phrase best describes the Ohlone tribe(s) and others like them in pre-European California?

sophisticated and learned human beings

Aaron pointed out that California still has strong programs in what school departments?

sports

Lissa's PhD, which makes her DOCTOR Soep, comes from what University?

stanford

Many Universities, besides SFState, are developing on line curriculum, including which two mentioned by Dr. Soep?

stanford and MIT

The workers of what hotel in Detroit staged a sit down strike to get a Union and better wages and working conditions?

statler

The first shots of the Civil War were aimed by the South at the Union fortress called

Fort Sumpter

Novella's newest family addition is named

Frances

The religious order which sent its members up the coast of Alta California to establish Missions was which of the following?

Franciscan

Factories were a new and different way to organize work because they included all but one of the following features, which were not a part of previous work centers:

Free lunches, sleeping quarters, and recreation rooms

The law passed after World War 2 which provided that war veterans would receive college scholarships, low priced home loans and other benefits, was called the

G.I. Bill

The program used by the youth at Youth Radio is called "App Inventor" and it was developed by which company

GOOGLE

Which car company's factories were occupied by sit down strikers in 1937 in the big Flint sit down strike?

General Motors

Jefferson Cowie calls the person who ran for President on the Democrats ticket in 1972, for whom this worker voted, the "most liberal" to run in the 20th century for President -- who is he referring to?

George McGovern

Which State was NOT included in this newsreel?

Georgia

The animals being used on the farm in Brooklyn, New York City, suggest that the farmers may have been from

Germany

The website Danny originally started with was not Sour Flour. Org. It was

Gourmet Gastronomer

For a few points, here's a piece of web research for you to do -- who is the guy who started out small, with Steve Jobs, and invented the Apple Computer down in Palo Alto?

steve

The Big Four who made tons of money off the building of the transcontinental railroad and took credit for it as though they had done the building did NOT include

steve jobs

Gabe's experience in the hiring process for the jobs he sought suggests that racism and discrimination is

still present and practices in many places

The first and foremost skill Lissa spoke about that someone who wants to work in electronic communications must master is

story telling

Work relationships were determined by

strict rules made by Franciscans and enforced by soldiers

During the War, there was a social contract between Unions and the Nation which provided that Unions would have easy access to workers to organize them where they worked, but in return the Unions would not

strike

The workers keep yelling a Spanish word, "HUELGA" -- for those of you who do not know Spanish, time for a bit of research -- what does this word mean?

strike!

Lewis Powell, the head of the American Chamber of Commerce in the early 1970's, later became a

supreme court justice

Where does government get almost all of its income to pay for the services it provides?

taxes

Aaron said that one of the great advantages to a teacher having computers integrated into classroom teaching of various subjects is that

teachers can interact in "real time" with the student computer-learning and see how to help a child right away

In education, "differentiated teaching" means teaching students

teaching students each at their different learning levels

Mac and the people working at the warehouse are all employed by

temp

The narrator says that there was an average of how many acres planted in cotton for each field hand slave during America's early period (which made everyone rich except the people who did the real work, the slaves)?

ten acres per field hand

If a farmer set out to carve his farm out of the great forests of the East, the reading suggested it might take how long before the forests were all cleared and the farm was fully productive?

ten to twenty years

The overall annual value of the 'informal economy' at this time is

ten trillion dollars

Oprah Winfrey (recognize her?) reads the narrative of a slave named Jennie Proctor, whose mother was named Liza, who didn't know her father or brothers or sisters, and who came from the State of

texas

Which of the following States has had an increase in public employees in the last few years?

texas

In 1935, more than 400,000 workers in what industry all went on strike at the same time and shut down the entire industry until military troops were brought out to break their strike?

textile industry

Peter Schiff says that raising the minimum wage would kill jobs, but Barry Ritholtz's answer is

that's not true, because raising wages puts more money in the community which creates more jobs

Sarah Gudger says that she tells no lies, she just tells what kind of truth?

the "gospel" truth

The "MEDIAN" wage is

the "middle" wage - half make more and half make less

So-called "white collar" jobs outnumbered "blue collar" jobs in the United States for the first time in

the 1950's

The first indentured servants came to the United States as early as what year?

1619

The Rebellion took place in

1676

While most of your families pay 20 to 30 percent of income in taxes, how much do the wealthiest 400 pay in taxes?

17%

The Mission in San Francisco was founded in what year?

1776

How many hours a day did she have to work to survive as a farm woman?

18

To work in factories and mines, how old does the Federal law say you must be?

18

The percent of America's youth between the ages of 16 and 26 who are currently available for work but unemployed on any given day is about

18%

A "charter" school is one which is run by

the Board of a non-profit which owns and operates it

What was the name of the Union which represented the shipyard workers at the Richmond shipyard?

the Boilermakers Union

The so-called "Tragedy of the Commons" has to do with the historical experience at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England, when

the Common land, shared by all, was carved up into separately owned pieces of private land

Many people came to the United States as immigrants because they had no other choice, but that does not include

the Italians fleeing bad operas

After the US Department of Labor introduced the first new regulations to limit child labor since 1970, what happened to them?

the Obama White House ordered they be withdrawn, and said the withdrawal should be on US Department of Labor stationery, so it would not look like the White House had anything to do with it

Most immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the twenty--first century come from

the South (Latin America) and the East( Asia)

This quiz is to help you learn how to read a Census Bureau report, because the CB produces so many useful reports about jobs and the economy, so let's start with an easy question --- who runs the Census Bureau?

the US gov

Tortilla chips are given their little bit of curl by

the application of heat

the so-called Robber Barons who built the railroads in the West preferred not to be called Robber Barons, but to be called, instead,

the associates

Why do you think that troops, police, and others with weapons were not simply marched into the auto plant to kick out the sit down strikers?

the company did not want its machinery harmed

To insure that men, women, and children would work as slaves, the most important and essential incentive the planters and slave owners used was

the constant threat of force and violence

This article suggests that one of the two factors below has resulted in fewer undocumented immigrants coming to the US from Mexico -- which is the factor that has reduced this immigration?

the economies of Mexico and the US (where the jobs are)

In other words, this article suggests that the net result of having a strong and very expensive Border Patrol is

the exact opposite of what was intended when the Border Patrol was "beefed up"

The first essentials you must have to do some urban farming are

the first three above

The quiet jazz music on this video is provided by a group called

the george benson quartet

If someone works in the "public sector" of our economy, it means they work

the governmental

The generation who fought World War 2 and then participated in the greatest most prolonged economic boom in US history are sometimes called

the greatest generation

Aaron closed the interview by saying that teachers are entitled to

the highest respect in honor

When the police could not end the sit down strike in the Battle of the Running Bulls (police were called 'bulls' in those days), who was called in to try to end the strike and failed to do it?

the national guard

Mike has "job security", the guarantee that he has a continuing job, by virtue of

the need of the company for his services right now

As early as 1787, even before the Bill of Rights was approved, the members of the pre-Constitutional Congress had already outlawed slavery where?

the northwest territory

The economist who developed a theory, early in the twentieth century, about 'compulsive commodity consumption', was named

Thorstein Veblen

One of the earliest discoveries of oil in the United States, from which the oil industry grew, was in what town?

Titusville, Pennsylvania

The African American Army Air Force group which flew bombing missions all over Europe during World War Two was called the __________________ Airmen

Tuskeegee

After Frank Murphy served as Governor of MIchigan and helped bring the sit down strikes to a successful conclusion by not sending in the military to quell the strike, he went on to become a

US Supreme Court Justice

Trumka delivered his speech to which Union's convention in 2008?

United Steel Workers

One way to describe the intent of the National Labor Relations Act is

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

In this lecture, USSR stands for

United street sellers

Gabe Thompson talks to one child laborer near the end, whom he meets in a restaurant, whom Gabe gives the fake name of:

Ventura

Walter Reuther's brother's first name was

Victor

What state was Dred Scott born in?

Virginia

During World War Two, labor relations were governed by a Federal agency known as the

War Labor Board

Which people are not immigrants to the North American continent who came from other continents at some time or another?

We are all immigrants to North America

And the name of the Carpenters Union president, who got punched?

William Hutchensen

The founding editor of The Liberator, a newspaper which favored the abolition of slavery, was

William Loyd Garrison

The co-author of Novella's newest book is named (go ahead, get reckless, look it up on Amazon.com!)

Willow Rosenthal

What County and what State did Gabe Thompson work in when he worked in tobacco fields?

Wilson County North Carolina

Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with establishing an annual Earth Day, was the Senator from what State?

Wisconsin

Your two California Senators are both

Women

The name of Gabriel Thompson's Book is

Working in the Shadows

A small number of Native Americans of California, who numbered between 250,000 and 300,000, when the Europeans arrived, were brought to Missions by all but one of the following. Which is the one by which they were NOT brought to the Missions?

Xbox video games

Did the laws governing slavery in Southern States limit the rights of whites in any way?

Yes

Rich Trumka gave his speech just before November, 2008, as part of his efforts to have one particular candidate elected as President of the United States. Based on the kinds of things he said, and the beliefs he expressed, did his candidate win the 2008 Presidential election?

Yes

Most of the lettuce you buy in the winter from supermarkets comes from around what city?

Yuma

Mike could not get a permanent job at the San Francisco Department of Public Health because he did not have

a Masters in Public Health

The video had to be cut short because

a baby was crying

A "cooper" is

a barrel maker

It took a while, but Danny kept working on developing a full and complete what?

a business plan

Mayor Rossi made certain demands in his speech to the City ( a speech in which he looks nervous, like he is not used to being filmed for a newsreel), including this one, which politicians always make when people are trying to change things by going to the streets:

a demand for law and order

Apple Computers started out in

a garage

Overall, Aaron seems to believe that the introduction of computers into the class room is

a good thing

Domination of one race by another, by use of strict regimentation, military enforcement, and religious conversions, resulted in

a hell on earth that disintegrated as soon as the military left

During the 19th century, agriculture was the main work and main means of support for

a majority of americans

When you go to the polls in November (as I hope you will) and cast your ballot for President of the United States, who are you really voting for?

a member of the Electoral College who will vote for your choice

The Homestead Act provided all but one of the following. What is the one that does not belong in the list?

a mule

Professor Reich suggests one idea that might help improve the economy involving 18 year olds when they graduated high school, which involved giving them

a nest egg of $60,000 to get started in life

The primary difference between being a "contract" employee versus being a "permanent" employee is that

a permanent gets health care benefits

The way Gabe describes it, church on Sunday for these immigrants is

a place where there is community and a sense of belonging

Martin Luther King, Jr. suggested that the language in the Declaration of Independence which said that all men were created equal and had the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was actually

a promissory note to all Americans

The actions of Governor Frank Murphy and President Franklin Roosevelt showed that in order for workers to win Union rights in the United States, they needed what?

a strong active government to balance against the power of corporations

A 3PL is a

a third-party logistics company

To be an indentured servant meant to be

a worker who had contracted years of their lives away to someone else

Even though slavery continued until the end of the Civil War in 1865, Congress totally outlawed any slaves being brought into the United States by the slave trade in

1808

The First Industrial Revolution in the United States started in which decade?

1830's

People in how many countries celebrated Earth Day in the year 2000?

184

According to this song, in what decade did the Irish come to the United States "to work upon the railroad"?

1840's

The rail route through the Sierras, with 1600 feet of tunnels blown and cut through solid granite, which is still used and visable from Interstate 80 when you drive to Lake Tahoe and Reno via Interstate 80, was first begun in the Spring of

1866

The Union Pacific coming from the East, and the Central Pacific, coming from the West, finally met each other and were joined with a Golden Spike in what year?

1869

The Pullman Strike took place in

1894

President Hoover was elected in what year?

1928

African American men from the South were integrated into the work in the shipyards building ships for World War 2 in what year?

1943

African American women were integrated into the workforce at the shipyards to build ships as so-called "Rosie the Riveters" in what year?

1944

The most explosive year of strikes in post-World War 2 America was

1946

What year did this strike take place in?

1968

Earth Day was first celebrated in what year?

1970

At the end of this short clip, it tells you a website where you can watch the whole movie from which this clip is taken. You may want to do that. Even if you do not watch the whole movie, watch it long enough to answer the question of what year this film was made in. (I hope you will watch more - but answering this question will at least get you to where the film is....)

1975

In what year did President Reagan fire thousands of workers, all on one day?

1981

n what year did scientists discover that there is a huge hole in the ozone layer that surrounds Planet Earth, a hole which lets in lots of harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun?

1984

A law was finally passed in the United States banning the dumping of garbage in the Oceans in what year?

1988

Youth Radio started when?

1992

Genetically modified tomatoes started being grown and introduced into our food supply in what year?

1994

One of the great achievements of the first wave of the womens' movement, at the beginning of the 20th century, was the passage of the ___________________ Amendment to the US Constitution, which FOR THE FIRST TIME, guaranteed women the right to vote. (Think about that -- the Founders of this Nation denied the right to participate in democracy to women, to African Americans, and to any men without property -- consider that when people treat the Constitution as some kind of Holy Document, instead of as a living document which MUST be re-interpreted and changed over time if it is to be useful -- ah well, this is not really appropriately part of a quiz question -- I just "got going"....)

19th

The First Industrial Revolution in the United States took place in the first decades of the

19th century

When Martin Jackson was five years old, he was made the personal property of a master who was how old?

2 years old

Danny suggested that a good commercial bread oven, with 4 bakers tending it, can bake how many loaves of bread per day?

2,000

The CEO for Labor Ready gets paid about how much a year?

2,000,000

The National Guard came in when fighting became really intense. How many armed National Guardsmen were sent in?

2,500

For Christmas , this particular warehouse had to fulfill how many orders?

2.7 million

The last person to touch the lettuce leaves in the bagged lettuce you buy in the supermarket was

the person who picked it in the field

Paul Feyeraband says that facts come from

the poweful

"Piece rate" means

the rate you are paid is by the piece instead of by the hour

To gather up the grains and hay crops, this farm woman and her children used what? (Please note that this question is to remind you that when you read serious non-fiction graphic comix, you need to do more than just read the words -- every drawing is there for a reason....)

their own hands

Professor Ton suggests that even if a store reduces the number of products it has, and people come in and can't find the product they are used to getting there, they will be okay with that and still buy something else at the store, if

there are intelligent, cross-trained sales people around to explain what other products will do just as well as the missing product

The first factor Novella stated as a reason that urban farming is spreading so rapidly right now is that

there is a recession

Under Federal law (not California law!), what is the overtime rate for farmworkers when they work 12 hours a day?

there is no Federal overtime for farmworkers

A worker in 1960 produced a certain amount of things, and he/she got paid a certain wage for producing those things. Since that time, technology and other things make it possible for that same worker to produce lots and lots more things. That's called "an increase in productivity." Each worker can produce more. Since the worker is producing more things for his/her company, and the company therefore makes more money, you would expect that the worker would get an increase in wages for each hour of work. If the worker was being paid the minimum wage in 1960, and he/she shared in the results of increased productivity by getting an increase in wages equal to the percentage of increase in productivity, how much would the minimum wage be today?

about $22.00 per hour

Just a bit more arithmetic, so you can keep track of what is real over the next years of your life --- let's say my salary is the same today as it was in 1998. During that time, prices have gone up an average of about 2% per year. How much less is my REAL salary now? Or, to put it differently, how much LESS can I buy now than I could in 1998?

about 30% less

The AFL CIO has approximately how many Unions in it right now?

about 56

This article says approximately how many undocumented immigrants file tax returns each year?

about 6 million

Juliet Schor determined, in The Overworked American, that my generation, the baby boomers, worked how much more each year than my father's generation, the Greatest Generation?

about a month of hours more each year

The demonstrations in the last 2 videos took place

about a year ago

The Chinese workers were paid how much compared to what the Big Four (including Leland Stanford, after whose son the University was named) paid white workers?

about one third less

Neuwirth's hair appears to be

absent

The name of Robert Reich's book, which all of you should read, which is the focus of this most recent video, is

aftershock

The largest cell phone company in Nigeria sells

air time

I said "skybnb" was a website where you could find a cheap room or couch to rent for a night -- I was totally wrong -- well, not totally wrong, but close to totally -- I had the right idea but wrong name -- the name is related but different -- this is an exercise in google research -- can you find the right name for the website?

airbnb

The urban farmer Novella met in Detroit was feeding his horses and goats by growing what over an area of three city blocks?

alfalfa

In August 2011, the US Department of Labor proposed regulations which would have limited some child labor, including which of the following?

all four of the bans named in these answers

At the end of the 19th century, when people talked about "class conflict", they were referring to

all of above

Immigrants come to the United States and often settle with people from their native land because

all of above

According to Rosa Starke, there were only two classes of whites in the South during slavery. They were

all of the above

Beyond simply earning money, Reich points out that to have a fulfilled and satisfying life, as opposed to an impoverished life that includes only money, one must also have

all of the above

Changes in work conditions can be changed by

all of the above

Characteristics of informal economies include

all of the above

Gabe suggests that the Hispanics who work in this awful plant do so because

all of the above

If too much wealth of a nation is owned and controlled by just 1% of the nation's people, what happens, according to Professor Reich?

all of the above

Juliet Schor suggests, in her book called True Wealth, that clothes are no longer worn simply to cover ourselves and to stay warm, but also to engage in

all of the above

Slavery has had profound effects on work relations even to the current day. These effects include which of the following?

all of the above

The "melting pot" theory suggested that all immigrants to the United States, no matter where they came from, all "melted together" into one people because they shared

all of the above

The large manufacturing companies which shut down their plants in Oakland included

all of the above

The new farm machinery introduced to take farming to a much larger scale and to a much more productive level included

all of the above

This modern farmer depends on which of the following to get his crops grown?

all of the above

This video, made in 2001, before 9/11, when George W Bush had just been elected President, included a discussion of how Bush might spend the huge surplus that Clinton had piled up -- which of the following did Bush spend the surplus on until there was a humongously huge deficit by the time he was finished as President?

all of the above

To keep inquiring people out of the Nike factory, the company uses which of the following?

all of the above

Undocumented workers get paid lower wages and as a result, you pay less for

all of the above

Users of the new "app" are expected to include

all of the above

When undocumented immigrants flee their housing in places like Arizona and Alabama because sharply anti-immigrant laws are ennacted by State Legislatures, which of the following kinds of jobs disappear, too?

all of the above

Which of the following does the public sector include?

all of the above

If the super rich do not pay their fair share of taxes, what happens?

all of the aboved

Professor Ton says that 30% of us will work in low paying below-poverty-level-wage jobs by 2020, and that these do not have to be BAD jobs if employers raise wages AND do which of the following?

all of the other four choices in this set of answers

Some of the afflictions that strike most of the workers at the plant include

all of these

The bad part of picking books out for shipping was that

all the above

The problems Danny pointed to when asked about the "down side" of doing this included

all three times

By drastically limiting the taxes people and corporations pay on property in California, the amount devoted to education per pupil in states like New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts is how much greater than in California?

almost twice as much per student

According to Aaron, people who teach for their whole careers will

always be with us because we need them

Immigrants to the New World were and are

ambitious courageous and self-sacrificing Correct

The AFT is the

american federation of teachers

Time for a bit of 'research' --- what is the "glass ceiling"?

an invisible ceiling that limits the rise of women in the American workforce

While you are young, it is better to see unemployment as

an opportunity to shape my future

When a Court issues an Injunction, it is issuing what?

an order

Reich focuses on the structural change he thinks is the greatest problem with the current economy, which is

an unequal distribution of wealth that favors the super rich

This news report said President Reagan, who was once a Union leader of the Screen Actors Guild, during which time he was also a secret informer for the FBI, was in what kind of emotional state when he did this huge firing?

angry

The first Union video points out that Unions brought all but one of the following; which one is NOT a product of Unions' hard work?

anti-discrimination laws

Initial government funding was not responsible for which of the following?

apple computers

Daron Acemoglu suggests that the nations which do best and have the healthiest and most prosperous economies are the ones in which

as many people as possible feel that they are earning their "fair share"

When I want to say I am providing a broad overview of something, I say that I am flying

at thirty thousand

Which of these, at least as far as the lecture this week put it, was most transformative?

automobiles

The term Lissa used to describe the credentials which are being developed to show that someone has expertise in a given area is

badging

The famous Lochner decision of the United States Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a New York State law which attempted to limit the work hours each day of what kind of workers?

bakers

Which of these jobs did Gabe NOT work on for Labor Ready?

baking tortes and cupcakes at exclusive restaurant

The Amish incorporate some new technology, like engines, but very slowly and they draw lines as to when they will use engiines and when they will rely on animals and human for energy. For which of the following do they use engines?

belt drives

Aaron says that greater parent involvement in a child's education leads to

better education

In Neuwirth's opinion, is the Oshedi Market better in 2009, better in 2007, or about the same in both years?

better in 2007

The 4 point agenda Mary Kay talked about did NOT include which of the following points?

better public transportation

The fascinating book which J.Anthony Lukas wrote about this early 20th century period is called

big trouble

The primary extractive industries driving the Second Industrial Revolution were

both

The need for corporations to be ever more competitive, and to have ever more hustle, has resulted in an end to what, in Reich's opinion?

both kinds of loyalty

The dreams, hopes, and fantasies of many of the 60's generation, the Baby Boomers, as they went through their early adult years, was of a world where what was re-distributed?

both of above

Danny is also in touch with people who are building their own businesses in

both of the above

The United States Socialist Party wanted workers to control

both of the above

The so-called Great Depression was caused in part by

both of the above

The farm workers who came to work in the fields of the Southwest during the 1950's were part of a ____________ program.

bracero

As often happens when people start their own off the grid businesses, they start by going in one direction but find that the market pulls them in another direction -- although Danny started with the idea of making a living selling bread that he bakes, what is he currently making his living from?

bread baking classes

Where in Oakland, Ca., is the main Youth Radio headquarters?

broadway

One result of using the same work technology from one generation to the next is that the generations are

brought closer together

Lissa's undergraduate degree is from

brown university

He referred to the idea that he would be able to tell his family and kids that he helped

build a certain road or airport terminal

Novella's friend works with City Slicker Farms, in Oakland, which

builds gardens in hundreds of West Oakland backyards

When slave Jenny Proctor ate a biscuit she founds in her Mistress's house, how was she punished?

by being beaten until her back was raw and then having salt rubbed in the raw wounds

Slavery's introduction into and ovewhelming use on the North American continent in the area that became the United States of America was

by choice of certain human beings

How did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) help resolve the giant General Motors Strike, which led to the first contract between GM and the UAW?

by insisting that the company to sit down and negotiate with the Union

In what year was this video made?

2011

The soldiers and religious leaders who came north from Mexico all the way up to Sonoma established how many Missions?

21

The American Revolution took place about how long ago?

230

According to Bloomberg News, the US ranks where in terms of the current purchasing power of the minimum wage, in comparison to the 25 most industrialized countries in the world?

24th of 25th

Here's one to research a bit -- what was the first minimum wage for the nation when the FLSA was ennacted by Congress in 1938?

25 cents an hour

What percentage of the American populace moved from farms to cities during the World War Two years?

25 percent

Before the arrival of Europeans and the way in which we have filled this State until it has some 38 million people at present, the original tribes which inhabited the entire state had how many people in them altogether, in the whole area of the State of California?

250,000

Randy Weingarten said the American Jobs Act would keep how many teachers in classrooms across the United States?

280,000

In the old mills, how many 8 hour shifts were there in each 24 hour day?

3

Of the undocumented immigrants in the US today, how many came as children, and therefore are usually more "at home" in the US than in their country of origin?

3 million

Mary Estes Peters explained that she was born as the result of

3 young white sons of the Master raping her mother repeatedly

Aaron says that currently, what percentage of California's children are in charter schools?

3%

Once the General Strike got violent, and the struck companies tried to re-open the Ports with non-union workers, often called "scabs", the newsreel says fighting broke out between 700 police and how many strikers??

3,000

The owner of the Works, Andrew Carnegie, and his CEO, Henry Clay Frick, locked out how many steel workers in the 1892 strike?

3,800

The crew Gabe worked on had how many workers in it?

30

Approximately how long was the lunch break?

30 min

Approximately how many children work as "hired hands" in American agriculture in these times?

300,000

During WW2, women workers helped produce how many airplanes?

300,000

How old was Mac when she wrote this article?

31

Approximately how many Americans are now either "poor" or "near poor", and therefore may need to take jobs like the ones Mac describes in this warehouse?

33%

In 1675, London, the largest city in Europe at that time had a population of

350,000

When someone spends a whole workday in a wet tobacco field, it is the equivalent of absorbing the nicotine from how many cigarettes?

36 cigarettes

Cleveland Ohio, which once had a population of almost one million when it was at its full industrial height in the 1960's, now has approximately how many living there now that it has deindustrialized?

375,000

How many cities is Youth Radio located in?

4

The strikers won the General Strike by getting the companies to go to arbitration over the strike issues after how many days of general striking?

4

When I did the interview with Danny, how many days a week was Sour Flour baking bread?

4

The Ohlones lived in approximately how many different small tribes or groups?

40

To stop the US Department of Labor from securing new regulations limiting child labor, a corporate-funded lobbying group that pretends to care about family farms, called the American Farm Bureau, used how many lobbyists and how much money?

40 lobbyists and $5 million a year

The average life time (life span) of an Ohlone was approximately

40 years

Aaron says that currently, what percent of American families do not have internet access at home?

40%

Approximately what percentage of all goods imported into the United States of America come in through the Los Angeles/Long Beach port?

40%

How much of all the US's wealth has the richest 1% hogged for itself?

40%

In 2003, how many school busses across the country were retro-fitted to reduce harmful emissions?

40,000

In its first year, 2009, Sour Flour's total income was $7,000, but its income for just the first quarter of 2012, says Danny, is already

40,000

At this one warehouse, just during the months of October through December, approximately how many people will be hired?

4000

How man factories does this website say have closed in the USA since 2001?

42,400

The schools of the town where the poultry plant is located now have what percentage of children being Hispanic, as opposed to the 2% who were Hispanic in 1989, before the plant opened?

45%

Although men were loading 12.5 tons of pig iron a day, how many tons did Frederick Taylor say they should load?

47

President Reagan told the striking workers that they had how many hours to get back to work or be permanently fired?

48

In the Spring time, this farmer has to get up at what time to get all the work done each day?

4:35am

That regulatory agency has how many members who act like a little regulatory court?

5

n discussing the idea of a national wealth tax on the net worth of people, Reich mentions that Bill Gates' total wealth is equal to the wealth of what percentage of all the American people?

50%

Aaron said the California budget crisis, started by Proposition 13, and now critical because of the economic recession/depression we are in, has resulted in the 'downsizing' of school administrations all over the state. He pointed out that in the Oakland School District, the administration was how much smaller than before the crisis?

50% smaller

How many undocumented immigrants actually pay income taxes each year?

50% to 75%

If 10 percent of Americans (35 million people) have 50% of America's wealth in a given year, how much does that leave for the other 90% (about 315 million people)?

50%, the same as the 10% have

According to Novella, if you raise chickens in your backyard in Oakland, there is no charge, but if you raise them in your backyard in El Cerrito, you have to buy a permit for how much?

500

Gabe says Labor Ready hires about how many every year?

500,000

The flight of undocumented immigrants out of the US when the economy went down and government enforcement became much fiercer resulted in how many dwellings being left unoccupied?

500,000

How many Representatives plus Senators are there altogether in the United States Congress?

535

As of March, 2010, what percentage of all public employees in State and Local governments were employed in education ?

56.8%

What time do people have to show up at Labor Ready office so they can sit around for 4 or 5 hours waiting to get a day job?

5:30 am

Meanwhile, back in the video, how long did it take Danny to bake his first 1000 loaves of bread and give them away, so he would know what he was doing?

6 months

The person going through the apprenticeship program said he would have to accumulate how many hours of training to complete the program? (coincidentally, more hours than to get a BA at a college!)

6,000

In the single year of 1937 what percentage of the workers involved in labor disputes actually joined Unions?

60%

What percentage of Puerto Ricans stayed in Puerto Rico during the great migration to New York City in the decades after World War 2?

60%

The Civil War, fought to determine whether work in the United States would be performed by free people or slaves, and thus a War which had a direct impact on how YOU work, resulted in death to how many people?

600,000 to 900,000

While property taxes could only go up 1 to 1.5% per year, how much was California property value skyrocketing through the 90's and 00's?

6to 8 %

Undocumented immigrants cannot get Social Security when they retire, but they contribute how much each year that goes into the general pool for the rest of us?

7 billion

Mary Kay says that SEIU has a 4 point program which is called the "________ Agenda".

99%

If the research is correct, and raising the minimum wage does NOT result in any loss of jobs, and only very slight increases in prices, why do you suppose fast food restaurant owners do NOT want the minimum wage to go up?

: Because higher wages would mean less profits for them to keep for themselves

Gabe suggests that the work at the chicken plant is more skilled or less skilled than the work cutting lettuce in the fields of the Southwest?

: less skilled in chicken plant

Who is Elizabeth Warren, anyway?

A United States Senator from the State of Massachusetts

The imaginary contract of indenture presented in the powerpoint from the London Company offered land and a new start in the New World in return for what?

A contractual commitment to work for 7 years for another person

The Union which led this strike and was eventually recognized by the City government, after Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in Memphis, is named

AFSCME

This company makes replacement parts for what?

car engines

Aaron says one critical element which is missing from Teach for America, which he thinks has been very good in other areas, is

career pipeline

The group that dressed up like Native Americans and dumped boxes of English tea in the Boston Harbor in 1775 were all

carpenters and woodworkers

And while we are on the website, one more question -- what is the name of another baker at Sour Flour who has now baked her first 1000 loaves of sour dough bread?

cat

CTW, when speaking of Unions, stands for

change to win

Chief Justice Tawney thought he had settled the slavery question once and for all by writing in the Dred Scott decision that slaves are

chattel

The journalism story which Dr. Soep discussed as one which won awards for Youth Radio and led to further stories elsewhere on the web, etc., after it aired on NPR Radio, was all about

child sex trafficking

Aaron says one of the most important things that senior teachers learn and use is

classroom management experience

The rhythm of work, tied to the seasons and the rising and falling of the sun for thousands of years, was tied to what once factories were capable of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?

clocks

The "stimulus" bill which Congress passed and President Obama signed provided about how much money to be "pumped into" the US economy to avoid another Great Depression like the one in the 1930's?

close to $1 trillion dollars

As far as the National Labor Relations Act is concerned, the primary purpose of Unions is to

collectively bargain for better wages and work conditions

When Novella uses the term CSA, she means

community supported agriculture

One problem in our economy today is that

compensation as a percent of GDP is going down

Aaron believes it is a good idea to have all kinds of schools in California, including private, public, charter, home, and so on because

competition will encourage all schools to become better

The work arrangements for the Native Americans in the Missions sound like

concentration camp

One industry that suffered substantial job losses in the Great Recession that we are still not out of, and consequently an industry where many immigrants lost jobs, is

contruction

Once farm machinery was fully introduced to the American farm, our largest crop became

corn

That Proposition limited the increase in property taxes not just on residential property, but also on vastly more valuable

corporate skyscrapers

The business has now been set up as a

corporation

The first multi-story brick factories, in New England, were built for the manufacturing of

cotton thread and cloth

The word often used for the "middlemen" who take pay in return for smuggling immigrants across the southern border of the United States is

coyote

One website where the 'shadow' economy is very much present is

craiglist.org

Aaron quotes President Obama as saying "Never let a good _________ go to waste."

crisis

DDT, PCB's, and CFC's are all

deadly toxins that are not outlawed

The term which is usually used for the decrease in manufacturing and production of goods in the United States and the export of our manufacturing industries to other nations of the world, like Mexico, Taiwan, China and India, is often called

deindustrialization

The "cost of living" is tracked and computed for us, according to this lecture, by

department of labor

The General Strike referred to in Question 1 was started by

department store women clerks

Aaron says that the "cutting edge" for the use of computers in education is in

differentiated one on one learning

The General Strike of 1934 in San Francisco was led by

dock workers

The informal "shadow" economy Neuwirth is trying to describe does or does not include slavery, organ trading, and drugs?

does not include them

The Amish find happiness and satisfaction in

doing work together

The plaque honoring Chinese laborers is on the shore of

donner lake

In public education today, the so-called "tragedy of the commons" is that \

each community just raises money for and supports its own school district only

The boxes of cell phones in China sitting on the sidewalk waiting to be sent to Nigeria were addressed to

eddy

Title IX, adopted in 1972, gives women equal rights in

educational opportunities

The modern economic landscape that emerged at the end of World War Two included all but one of the following; which one?

electronic communication

Aaron says at the end of this video that it is very important, with respect to teachers, to

elevate their status in our society

How much less per hour were women paid for doing the same work as men in the plant where Walter Reuther's brother worked?

eleven cents per hour

Title VII of the EEOA protected women on a national level from discrimination in

employment

Time for a little quick research -- the lecture refers to this being the "New Gilded Age" -- when was the first so-called "Gilded Age" in the United States?

end of the 19th century

The original dream of the armed soldiers and religious leaders who came north to establish Missions was NOT to do which of the following?

establish slave camps that Indios would escape from

What kind of church did Gabe go to with the workers at the poultry plant?

evangellical

One of the most important aspects that is absolutely necesssary in the process of improving your product, according to Dr. Soep, is

failure

The most importan t Federal law to limit child labor in the United States is called

fair labor standards act

If you work anywhere in the "service sector", what we sometimes mis-label the "white collar" or "pink collar" jobs, you don't have to "get your hands dirty." True or false?

false

Slavery only existed in the Southern states of the United States. True or false?

false

So-called 'off the grid' 'informal' 'shadow' 'parallel economies are a quite new phenomenon -- they did not exist historically -- true or fals

false

Early farming in the Northern states was done mostly by

families

The name of Novella's best selling book is

farm city

A game being played by millions of girls and women everywhere, on Facebook, is called

farmville

Most the people who did the work in the first factories in America were

females

Aaron identified 3 "major trends" in education in California which have been caused by a lack of adequate resources. Which of the following is NOT one of the three trends?

fewer teachers

The ways of the Ohlone Indians lasted for thousands of years. The Missions lasted for about how many years?

fifty

Before the Chinese workers arrived to help build the transcontinental railroad, only how many miles were built in two full years?

fifty miles

Dr. Soep suggested that one way to acquire new media skills that you may lack is to

find people in your social network who will teach them to you

When the management of Pilgrims' Pride poultry plant found out that Gabe was a journalist and writer writing about his experience at the plant, they

fired his ass immediately

The article describes one man whose wife had a baby during his first week of work, so he missed one day for the birth. The company celebrated this with him by

firing him

That Proposition took California schools FROM what position in terms of excellence as compared to the rest of the educational systems of the United States?

first

The primary kind of video game being produced right now is called a

first person shooter game

From 2000 to 2008, how many jobs does this website say that US companies' affiliated companies have created outside the United States? See slide which states it as its headline; it differs from the graph....

five and a half million

Henry Ford provided enough pay to Ford automobile workers to buy a Ford themselves by paying how much per day for work?

five dollars a day

If you do the math, that group of 15,000 families takes, for themselves, how much income every year, year in and year out?

five hundred twenty five billion dollars

Aaron Sokol worked in a public school system adminstration for how long?

five years

The early Televisions of the 1950's were all of the following, EXCEPT

flat screen

Which of the following did Jim and Leslie NOT find where they lived?

flat screen televisions

All of these were relatively new features of the 1950's culture, EXCEPT

flat screen tv

When I want to say I am looking at a subject from high up, to get a full overview of it, rather than delving into the details, I say I am

flying 30,000 feet

What was necessary for a child born into an Ohlone tribe to do in order to learn their work?

follow and learn the traditional ways shown by family and tribal members

Workers are encouraged to take pain killer pills every 4 hours for how long?

for as long as you work at the plant, even if that is years and years

Abraham Lincoln, looking back at the Founding Fathers, believed and said that he believed that they intended

for slavery to become extinct

The new application being built by the students at Youth Radio is called

forage city

Dr. Soep mentioned a number of foundations which are funding development of credentials acquired in non-traditional ways. Which of these foundations did she NOT mention?

ford foundation

One great advantage that came with moving out West to the prairies to farm is that there is something absent on the prairies. What is the missing part that made farming easier?

forests

Gabe learned from the other workers that it takes how many seasons to become a skilled lettuce cutter?

four or five seasons

The number of PACs (Political Action Committees, which are just giant pots of donated money collected to spend on political campaigns) set up in Washington DC to participate in Federal campaigns increased by what multiplier from 1976 to 1980 alone?

four times the number

An apprenticeship in the building trades, like carpentry, plumbing, electrician, often takes how many years to complete?

four years

Neuwirth calls the informal economy System D relying on what language to reach this title?

french

All but one of the following was characteristic of early factories. Which does NOT fit with the rest

full freedom of speech

One way, but just one of many, in which the Civil War prepared the United States for the Second Industrial Revolution, mentioned in this lecture, was

getting men used to organizing forces of thousands of men to work together

The State and local governments gave the company land, sewage lines, and everything necessary for the plant because they thought that in return they would receive

good jobs for their residents

Aaron says the greatest shortcoming of an online service like K-12 is that it does NOT teach what

good social skills

Once the United States had freed themselves from Great Britain, to whom did mst of the land out West belong to?

government

The flow chart presented in the powerpoint with this lecture suggests that one of the factors that ennabled companies to defeat workers' strikes in the 19th century was

government aid via presence of troops

Pg.1: That last answer probably taught you something you were not aware of, I know that was true for me; now ---from 1957 to 2007, has the number of employees in education grown or diminished or stayed the same?

grown

By the time George W Bush was President (2000-2008), how much less was the tax rate of millionaires than it had been at the end of World War Two?

half as much

OK -- that was pretty straight forward -- so here's some more arithmetic to do: Your wages go up from $10 to $20 per hour. Wow -- great. But the cost of everthing inflates -- the prices of everything quadruple. What has happened to your REAL wages?

halved

Working at the poultry plant is especially hard for what body parts of the workers?

hands

Did Danny stop working at his computer job right away and just do the new bread business, or did he keep working at that job while he got his 'off the grid" business up and running?

he kept earning money at the computer job while he got up and running in bread

My grandfather came to America as an indentured servant because he wanted

he wanted a better life for himself and his family

All but one of the following industries has moved much of their capacities to other countries than the USA. Which is the one which has NOT?

health care

Characteristics of the "secondary" labor market do NOT include

health care and pension benefits

The Union President whose first name is Mary Kay has the last name of

henry

A man who later became a US President participated in the military leadership of the attack on the Veterans' Bonus March of 1932. Which President?

herbert hoover

After a 7 day strike, the next paychecks of the Chinese workers were

higher

When Gabe would apply for low paying immigrants' jobs and employers would see that he was white, they would offer him

higher paying jobs with less work

The way Mike got his "foot in the door" into the video game industry was

his brother

What was the "work" of the Ohlone tribe members?

hunting & gathering & cooking & basketmaking andother activities for about 3.5 hours a day

In the 1930's, when people wanted to see actual events, and not just hear about them on the radio or read about them in newspapers, they could see the events where?

in movie theaters

Where did the young women live?

in same-sex barracks, 6 to a room

While the strike and lockout was going on, where did the owner, Andrew Carnegie go to show just how courageous he really was?

in the Highlands of Scotland

Most marijuana which is grown in Novella's neighborhood is grown where?

in warehouses

Powerful social movements did not change which of the following labor relations systems?

independent contractors

One way to talk about the underlying technology that is used in any particular historical era is to call it that era's

infrastructure

Aaron said there are two important ways to improve education in California. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways he pointed out?

involving political leaders more directly in oversight of schools

Factory work in a place cranking out tortillas

is highly technological and skilled

According to this article, the real result of having a strong Border Patrol out patrolling the Mexican Border and arresting and interdicting and imprisoning and deporting undocumented immigrants is

it forces undocumented immigrants to stay in the USA

From about 1979 to about 2007, about how much did the income of the top 1% go up?

it quadrupled

The term Lissa uses when she refers to the need to constantly update software to make it better and better, and more responsive to users' needs, is

iteration

Randy Weingarten stated that the most important issues of the 2012 election are

jobs and the economy

He explains at the end that farmers are individualists, and, as a result, they don't much like

joining organizations

Womens' organizer Dorothy Kraus explained that the diversion worked, and the workers were able to seize a second plant for a sit down because the company's forces were

just plain stupid

Martin Luther King, Jr. liked the quote that "the arc of history is long, but it bends towards ___________"

justice

the room Novella is interviewed in is obvioulsy her

kitchen

Mistress Miller required her house slave to stand and do what work, even into the night, when she would fall asleep standing up?

knitting

As long as you've found your way to the website, what is the name of the bakery in the Mission District where Sour Flour seems to be doing its baking?

la victoria

Labor Ready specializes in providing which kind of workers?

labor collar

Economists as far back as the 1960's realized that if work were evenly and fairly re-distributed, basic necessities could be provided for all in American society if all worked about how many hours each day? (I am not asking the more difficult question, which I would ask if we were in a small live seminar --- "why haven't we re-distributed work so we all work less?", but you might want to think about that!)

less than four

If the informal economy produces more jobs for more people in a given nation, then this should result in at least some

lesser inquality

When Novella talks about "squatting" on land, she means

living on or using land which does not belong to her legally

Robert Reich's main concern in this particular interview, completed in 2001, was

making sure the country has a strong middle class

Which fruits did I talk about being grown in Haiti?

mangos

The person who first taught Gabe how to cut lettuce was named

manuel

In order to promote their brands, large corporations often depend on products from

many different smaller suppliers of goods

At this particular moment in history, the internet allows for

many people to do digital distribution of their plans and ideas

Which one of us is eating sour dough bread with butter in the course of the video

me

Workers in a modern food production factory look like

medical techinicans in a hospital

On each floor of a Lowell mill, the two supervisors for the 80 young women were

men

One of the other jobs Gabe writes about besides picking lettuce is being a delivery boy for what kind of restaurant?

mexican

Which of these four is NOT a sector of the economy we refer to in this lecture?

military

Time for some research on the internet: what neighborhood of San Francisco is the Labor Ready office in?

mission district

Farmers were encouraged to grow larger crops in the 1830's by the advent of

modern modes of transportation which could be used to get crops to market

Aaron argued that parents should have

more choice of schools for their children

Aaron identified "two trends" emerging as the result of greater computer use in California classrooms. Which of the following is NOT one of those trends?

more plagerism, less creativity, and more internalization of robotic computerized behavioral responses

Approximately how many Americans does this website say are living in poverty?

more than 40 million

Workers who are represented by Unions earn

more than non-Union workers

What percentage of private sector workers are NOT in Unions?

more than one percent

Did California's first Constitution include legalized slavery in it?

no

Did Susan participate in signing the contract that pledged her life away for so many years?

no

Does Professor Ton believe that low wage jobs have to be bad jobs, that the trade off for low prices at stores is that the stores have to have lots of people working in bad jobs?

no

Is St John's University the only university in the United States which takes money from manufacturers in return for its athletes wearing and using that company's equipment?

no

Is overtime work something you can refuse to do at this warehouse if you have other committments, say, for child care or care of a sick parent?

no

Taylor's theory was that if "scientific management" resulted in workers doing more work, and thus making a workplace more productive and more profitable, owners of workplaces would raise wages to share the increased income with workers --- according to the video, did this part of his plan actually work out that way?

no

The American Revolution happened from 1775 to 1781. Washington finally won it in a battle at Yorkstown. Did that spell the end of slavery in New York City?

no

Is it possible to understand modern work relations in the United States without first understanding that for much of our history, slavery was the most important form of labor relations that existed?

no possible way

Is the United States the top country in the world with respect to internet availability and usage, since we are the nation where it was invented and first developed

no way

The Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution is the _______________ Amendment to the US Constitution.

none of the above

OK, some arithmetic -- if your wages are doubled from $8 an hour to $16 an hour, and the cost of living also doubles, how much have your REAL wages gone up?

not at all

About what part of the Union movement's members are women?

one half

Neuwirth estimates that a large part of the world's workers work in the shadow economy, the informal economy, the 'off the books' economy -- what part?

one half of the worlds workers

Tiger Woods' contract for publicizing and wearing Nike sportswear is for how much money?

one hundred million dollars

According to this story, Maddy Parlier could be replaced by a robotic arm which costs about

one hundred thousand dollars

In Connecticut, a New England state in the north of the United States, during the era of slavery, one in how many Connecticut'ers owned slaves?

one in four

Nigeria is Africa's largest country by far, in terms of population, with how many of Africa's people

one in six

This article suggests that as a result of undocumented immigrants losing jobs in the recent economic downturn, about how many people who were properly documented and "legal" lost their jobs?

one million

Humans were replaced by machines to such an extent in the growing of food that in the 150 years from 1830 to 1980, it took much less labor to produce 100 bushels of wheat. How much less labor? (You will have to do a bit of arithmetic to get this answer -- which I know you can all do -- because you must to survive in the 21st century!)

one one hundredth as much

About what part of the Union movement's members have college degrees?

one third

The person who tells about how he is learning how to use heavy duty construction equipment is becoming a member of which Union?

operating engineers

Does Aaron close this video two by saying he is pessimistic like the media stories you read, or that he is optimistic about the possibilities for good education in California?

optimistic

Is Reich

optimistic because the US finds a way out of every economic recession and depression

According to this video, about how many strikers were involved in the SF General Strike of 1934, which shut down the entire city?

over 100,000

That largest corporation in the world employs about how many workers around the world?

over two million

The break room where workers take their breaks at this poultry plant has one wall full of dispensers of soda and greasy food, and one wall full of dispensers of

pain killers

Henry Coleman would swing over the dining table to brush away flies from the food with a feather brush made from what kind of feathers?

peacock feathers

When David Broderick and David Terry fought a duel near Lake Merced just south of the SFSU campus, the man who was killed was a supporter of

Abolition of Slavery and the North

the first three above

About half the 7 billion people in the world work. The rest do not primarily because

To get the Transcontinental Railroad built, which President signed the Pacific Railroad Act?

Abraham Lincoln

The first American to die in the American Revolution was

African American

What state is the Pilgrims' Pride poultry plant in?

Alabama

Slavery benefited which of the following groups in early America?

All of the above or none

The number one online retailer in the US right now is

Amazon

Bacon grease was saved during World War 2 because it was useful for manufacturing

Ammunition

The name of the national passenger railroad created after the first Earth Day to provide an alternative to driving long distances between American cities is

Amtrak

The first name of Carnegie, the owner of the Homestead Steel Works, was

Andrew

The President most responsible for driving the Native Americans of the South onto the Trail of Tears was

Andrew Jackson

The first name of the Mayor during the General Strike of 1934 was... (dont look in video, it is not there -- time to do a bit of internet searching...and I hope you noticed you had to do it earlier in some other quizzes this week!)....

Angelo

One nation in South America which has huge natural resources and riches but has been unable to grow an economy like the United States is

Argentina

The farmers who had to leave the Great Dust Bowl in Oklahoma and other states of the Great Plains often headed to California but stopped to pick crops in what state before they reached the crops of California?

Arizona

The lettuce fields Gabe worked in were in

Arizona

The reformer who took over leadership of the United Mineworkers Union after Tony Boyle went to prison for ordering the killing of Jock Yoblonski was named

Arnold

"Workampers" are

people who live in RVs and go from warehouse to warehouse for work

Lewis Powell told American business it must "assiduously" cultivate political power to succeed -- what did he mean by "assiduously"?

persistently

The "sharing time" at church on Sunday morning allowed immigrant workers to share experiences that were

personal private and painful

In 1937, could newspapers print photographs in their pages, or did they still rely on drawings and etchings to show pictures of what was happening?

photographs

This farm woman, who was alive when Studs interviewed her in the 1970's, had learned to write using

piece of clay

Which GM Plant did the Union decide it had to seize after a month of sitting down, in order to create new spirit and energy for the strike?

plant four

In order to be able to seize that second plant, where did the Union create a diversionary pretend strike?

plant nine

Which of the following occupations was NOT filled by slaves in early America?

plantation owners

Which of the following was not used in the planting process?

plantractonator

Which of the following materials was NOT used in constructing the harness placed on the horse ?

plastic

If California continues to fund education with taxes on "capital gains", the "gains" or profits people make on their stocks and bonds and investments, what happens to funding for education during a recession/depression like the one that hit with the Great Stock market Crash of 2008?

plummets downward

re there more Union members in the public or private sector?

public

One of the ways young workers respond to a speeded up, underpaying economy is to

put off marriage and having children

Trumka challenged his listeners NOT to vote based on one issue more important than all others, which w

race

Over half of all labor hours expended in pre-industrial America were expended in order to

raise food

The local liquor store owner in Novella's neighborhood advises her when it comes to which part of her urban farm?

raising goats

Sarah Gudger says that all she knew her whole life was

work work work

Factory work brings workers together in one place which can result in

workers forming their own associations

The organization which you can contact for more information about this Nike factory campaign is

www.educatingforjustice.org

To make tortilla chips in a modern factory you need all BUT which of the following:

yeast

The owner of the liquor store in Novella's neighborhood is from what country?

yemen

Are there still family-run businesses where families live in the same building as the family business within 25 miles of SFSU?

yes

Did George Washington own slaves?

yes

Did James Madison, the principal drafter of the United States Constitution, own slaves?

yes

Did New York shipping concerns profit from slavery?

yes

Did Presidents Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Tyler, and Johnson also own slaves?

yes

Did Thomas Jefferson, who wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal, own slaves?

yes

Did slaves play any role in building New York City in its earliest days when it was called New Amsterdam?

yes

Did the U.S. Constitution as written in 1787 protect slavery as a way of life and work?

yes

Do these men use any modern power machinery to help bale the hay into rectangular blocks

yes

Do you think that in this author's opinion, there are people in places like Arizona and Alabama being stirred up and frightened by craven politicians just trying to get votes who scream about the dangers of hordes of illegal immigrants pouring across our border from Mexico?

yes

Does Chris Matthews suggest that the fact that so many Founding Fathers and Presidents owned slaves helps explain America's problems with racial attitudes and race relations?

yes

Was the Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act actually passed by Congress and signed by the President? (I tell you this in the lecture, but if you didn't notice, then get reckless, and do a little Googling about it...)

yes

Were there any women working on Gabe's crew?

yes

Were there slaves in the gold fields of California brought here by Southern slave owners?

yes

And one more bit of translation for you to do -- they keep yelling the slogan of the United Farm Workers, "Si Se Puede" -- what does that mean?

yes we can

If you are late to work by one minute during your first week at this warehouse, what happens to you?

you are fired

The "business card" page for Youth Radio, where Lissa works, is

youthradio.org

Historians suggest that one of the key reasons the Lowell Girls lost their first strike in 1834 but won their second strike in 1836 was that

they built community support the second time

The Baby Boomers, who are now in their 50's and 60's, were called "boomers" because

they represent a boom in population growth

The wealthiest 15,000 families in America (a nation with about 350,000,000 people) get about how much income each and every year, year after year?

thirty five million dollars

How many men are on the wagon as it gathers hay up from the field?

three

This farmer "sharecrops". In other words, he farms someone else's land and keeps some of the crop for himself, and gives the rest of the crop to the land owner for rent. The "share" of the crop which this farmer keeps for himself since he did every bit of the work to grow the crop, is

three fifths

It is currently estimated that there may be how many people still working as slaves in the world?

three hundred million

In the year 1937, how many workers joined Unions?

three million

When there was a contest to see which mechanized Reapers were fastest, the American reaping machine was how much more efficient than the English one? (You have to do a wee bit of arithmetic -- good stuff to do!)

three times as efficient

Aaron thinks the greatest challenge for public education, and for the rest of the public sector is

to do more with less resources

What do you think the Amish use all this hay for?

to feed animals

Since productivity has gone up hugely since 1960, but wages have not gone up as much, where did all the extra money that was made because of increased productivity go, according to the expert who testified before Congress in this video?

to just 1% of all Americans -- the super super super rich who make hundreds of millions of dollars per year

What did the men in the plant during the sit down strike use car door hinges for?

to shoot as weapons with inner tube sling shots

The first large scale crop for which slave labor was used on the North American continent was

tobacco

The immigrants workers who now staff the Pilgrims' Pride poultry plant where Gabe worked came from

tomato picking in Florida

For survival skills and knowledge of the way to interact with nature, the Ohlones depended on

tradition

WHO/WHAT determined what work any particular child born into an Ohlone tribe would do?

tradition

Pg. 3 :Which has higher compensation, on average?

transit workers

Before she could plant crops, she had to first get what out of the fields?

trees and tree stamps

Let's do a little web research....what is the nation of birth for the lecturer, Zeynep Ton?

turkey

The nation changed from one where a majority lived on farms to a majority living in towns and cities in which decade of the 20th century?

twenties

President Harry Truman vetoed the Taft Hartley Act how many times before Congress overrode his veto

twice

The US economy, which was already humongously huge in 1980, is how much larger now?

twice as large

How many horses are pulling the hay thresher?

two

How many horses pulled the seed drill?

two

What will the gross revenues for online sales by by 2015?

two hundred seventy nine billion dollars

What did Jim have to cut out of his budget in order to buy a razor and a small packet of shaving cream?

two meals

To understand substantial social changes in work relations in the United States, you have to examine

two of the four above

Although many were enticed to come to the New World as indentured servants to work for years and then receive their own land, the truth of the matter is that what portion of the indentured servants appear to have died in the early years of our history (in the 17th century, the 1600's...)?

two thirds

Approximately how many of the early indentured servants to the New World died before they even finished their years of labor in the tobacco fields of Virginia?

two thirds

By the year 2020, just about 8 years from now, Neuwirth estimates that what part of the world's workers will work "off the grid" in the "off the books" economy?

two thirds

Slavery existed for how much of the history of our nation?

two thirds

To override a Presidential veto of a new law, how many Congress members have to vote in favor of the law?

two thirds

Slavery was the dominant form of labor relations, and affects work relations in our society to this day, because it was a part of our history for how long?

two thirds of our history

Trumka says the most integrated institutions in the United States are

unions

Which has larger gross revenues each year, Hollywood movies or video games?

video games

In the South, during the Second Industrial Revolution, in order to insure continuing work by African Americans for white plantation owners, the former slaves were subjected to

violence, lynching, terrorism by the KKK

The company for which Gabe was running all around the warehouse to pack stuff to ship out was

walmart

The largest corporation in the world is

walmart

When the Chinese first arrived in California during the Gold Rush, they were met with

waves of anti-Chinese sentiments

Until the emergence of the First Industrial Revolution in the 1830's, the size of a farm was limited by

what human beings and animals could cover

After watching all 8 Union videos, which of the following seems to be the primary focus of Unions nowadays?

winning national elections

Is the author of this article a man or a woman?

woman

Little City Farm, in San Francisco, is owned and operated entirely by

women

When families work and live together in the same place,

work time and leisure time are mixed together

"Aquaponics" is the term Novella used to describe

fish farming

The Federal minimum wage is

$7.25

Who is Richard Trumka?

A labor union leader

The magazine which many buyers and sellers of used maufacturing machinery read regularly is called

Plant Closure News

Which of these big cities was NOT in the heart of America's great manufacturing heartland in the 1930's?

Atlanta Georgia

Richard Trumka holds what office?

President of AFL CIO

When the CIO was FIRST started, before it went through any name changes, CIO were the initials for

Congress of Industrial

Ohlone shelters were easily made from

Tule Reeds

The labor leader who ran for President of the United States more than once, and once received about one million votes when it only took six million to win, was named

Eugene debs

The Chinese who came to the United States called it

Gold Mountain

As manufacturing has disappeared, where has there been rapid job growth to replace the jobs lost there?

In the service sector

What happened to the first Mission established, in San Diego, in its first year of existence?

It was burned to the ground

The very first Kaiser Hospital was built during World War Two at shipyards in

Richmond

The Cold War was a "stand off" between two nuclear powers. One was the United States and the other was

USSR

What state is Lawrence Universtiy in?

Wisconsin

The Second American Industiral Revolution brought with it all of the following, EXCEPT

computers

After a story comes out on the radio, Dr. Soep referred to the spreading of it through other media, which she calls the story's

digital afterlife

A "DIY" economy refers to

do it yourself

The name of Lissa's book is

drop that knowledge

The New Deal was presided over by

fdr

Where in the United States is involuntary servitude still legal?

in prisons

Reich argues that what the middle class now lacks is

purchasing power to drive the economy

The tie worn by Neuwirth seems to be what color?

purple

That second author of the book is named

viven chavez

The "aleph" of the world, according to Neuwirth, is

where everything in the world exists

Food was brought to strikers by taking it to the plant's

windows

The percent of American workers in the private sector who are in Unions TODAY is about

7%

Senator Warren says that if the minimum wage went up from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour over a period of 3 years, the Number 11 she buys from McDonald's would go up in price from $7.19 to what?

7.23

Robert Pollin points out that in 1968 when the inflation-adjusted minimum wage had a purchasing power of $10.65, the unemployment rate was 3.7%. Today, with the minimum wage at $7.25, the unemployment rate should be much lower according to businesses which argue that higher minimum wages result in fewer jobs. But what is today's unemployment rate, according to Pollin in this video?

7.5%

The young women who worked in the mills of Lowell worked long and hard -- about how many hours a week did they average?

72

How many miles did Gabe's fellow worker have to walk to get home from her shift in the warehouse because she could not afford her own car?

8

Members of your generation (assuming you are between 18 and 35) are expected to have at least how many jobs in a lifetime?

8

The original interstate highway system, built in the late 1950's and into the 1960's, totalled how many nation-spanning highways in all, both north-south and east-west?

8

According to this article, how many jobs held by documented Americans are dependent on the spending of undocumented immigrants?

8 million

Gabe mentions the minimum wage for the State of California. What is it now?

8 per hour

Okay, so the very first question is not even on the video -- instead, you have to go to www.sourflour.org, and see how an off the grid business builds its website --- and you have to look at it long enough figure out how much Sour Flour's full price is for its breadmaking workshop.

80

This newsreel reported that there were 2 strikers killed and over how many injured?

80

Gabe thought he kind of could cut lettuce more or less by the end of what week of his work?

8th week

How many Justices are on the United States Supreme Court?

9

How many merchandise sections are there in the warehouse where Mac worked?

9

After I hemmed and hawed a bit in the lecture, I said that the AFL CIO currently has about how many members?

9 million

What percentage of the wealth of the United States was based, directly or indirectly, on slavery, before the end of slavery in 1865?

90%

Page 1: Roughly how many State and local governments are there in the United States?

90,000

Mike's actual job in glamorous Silicon Valley at a glamorous video game company is to

: sit in front of a computer all day working on raw files of data and code

The President who said in a speech that the United States could not survive as "a house divided" was

Abraham Lincoln

The first name of the author of Winner Take All Politics, whose last name is Hacker, is ____________. (check out Amazon as a place to do research about books and authors -- it has a lot of information about both.)

Jacob

Neuwirth compares the current off the grid economy to what artist's work?

Magritte

Nuclear bombs and nuclear energy were developed during World War Two at a top secret Project in New Mexico. The Project was called The __________________ Project, and it changed the course of human history.

Manhattan

Frederick Taylor was born on

March 20, 1856

Dred Scott sued for his freedom in what State?

Missouri

What is the only other nation in the world with no legally-required paid maternity leave besides the United States?

Papua New Gunea

The Homestead Works were in what State?

Pennsylvania

Overarching concepts that have emerged in the first part of this course do NOT include

People do not care what their work relations are

The CEO, top dog, at Nike is named

Phil Knight

The teeny tiny print at the bottom of the Codes that are in this lecture's powerpoints show that they are from what State?

South Carolina

The shopping mall in Los Angeles County, which was once the manufacturing plant for General Motors, is called

Southgate

Slaves first arrived on the North American continent in an area that became part of the United States in the city of

St. Augustine, Florida

The company where the story is centered is called

Standard motor products

The Amish originally came from

Switzerland

For centuries, slavery existed in the United States,and it continued into the middle of the 19th century, in part because of which of these laws?

The Kansas Nebraska Act

The passage of a whole list of new laws in the late 60's and early '70's was the final wave of laws that were all in some way directly related to

The New Deal

Frank Norris, a great American writer, wrote a very popular and powerful novel about the stranglehold the railroads had on farmers in the early 20th century, which was titled

The Octopus

he name of the book I show on camera in this lecture is

The Ohlone Way

If you have done all the quizzes, including the Extra Credit ones, about how many questions do you believe you have answered by now in this course?

a bit over 400

Andrew Saboru is

a scrap yard dealer

According to Lissa, it is likely that the following range of companies need people who can do web and electronic communications ---

all compnanies

How many days can you be absent before you are fired for absenteeism on the "point system" used at the warehouse?

four

Strong social movements of the mid '60's to mid '70's do NOT include the following:

gun rights movement

Although he works in the video game industry now, Mike actually majored in

history

The first on line coupon website Danny used to sell coupons for bread baking courses was

home run

Gabe's fingers started to bleed from packing what?

iPads

According to the OECD statistics, about how many people now work in the service sector in the United States?

more than ten million

The funny video about "what have Unions done for us" was produced by what organization?

moveon.org

Alldayplay.fm" is one of Youth Radio's websites -- what is on "alldayplay.fm"?

music

Tamien and Awaswas are

names of languages

NPR stands for

national public radio

According to this lecture, social movements in the United States, when successful, usually lead to

new laws

How many Chrysler factories did the UAW sit in so they could get a contract with Chrysler?

nine

According the Chris Matthews, did the Founding Fathers work endlessly fiercely to end slavery?

no

Are video games Mike's "passion"?

no

Does the US Constitution have clauses which guarantee work for all Americans with fair living wages and safe work conditions?

no

From 1973 to 1999, how much did REAL wages go up?

not at all they went down

When we say land is "fallow", we mean it is

not being cultivated at all

One learning program for computers that Aaron identified as having been around since he was a kid is

number crunchers

Aaron worked in the public school administration for which city's school district?

oakland

The Broderick Terry duel is not really relevant to a study of how work is structured, but it has been included in this course because

the professor likes to tell the story

Productivity in the USA has gone up substantially in the last 30 years. Who has received most of the fruits of that productivity in greater income for work performed?

the richest 1% of Americans

The background for this video (show me you watched it!) is

the sea

Mary Reynolds told the story of how her Daddy would come to visit her in the slave quarters and bring her clothes and other things. He was

the slave Master himself

In terms of the world's economy, which part of it is growing faster, year by year?

the unregulated off the books economy

How many humongous warehouses like this does Amazon alone have now?

69

In this course, GDP stands for:

Gross Domestic product

From what country do most of the workers at the Pilgrims' Pride poultry plant Gabe talked about come from?

Guatamala

Touissant L'Ouverture led a revolution which abolished slavery and established a free nation where?

Haiti

What makes you or breaks you in farming, according to this farmer, is

Weather

About what percentage of private sector workers are now in Unions?

seven percent

Puerto Rico is located in

the caribbean

What was the overall rate of unemployment economic historians say existed during the Great Depression of the 1930's?

1 in 4

One woman told how much she earned. What did she say she was paid?

3.50 a week

Which of these cities was not a suburb which grew exponentially after World War Two?

Berkeley

What is the new issue philanthropic foundations are investing in with respect to youth and their new media skills?

Credentialing and Badging

World War Two began in December 1941. When did President Truman finally issue an official proclamation declaring that the War was over?

December 1946

At the beginning of the 20th century, most immigrants to the United States came from

Europe

Most immigrants to the United States, at the beginning of the 20th century, came from

Europe

Based on the way the planters responded to the Rebellion, it's not unreasonable to conclude that the basic emotion that motivated the planters, and ruled their actions for the centuries that slavery lasted, until the mid- 1860's here in the United States, in how they treated and governed slaves, was

Fear

The slave narratives which are acted out in these videos were originally collected in the 1930's, from slaves who were still alive then, by the

Federal Writers Project

The Australian worker who emerged to lead the General Strike of 1934 in San Francisco was named

Harry Bridges

In what state were these men harvesting hay?

Iowa

The internet presentation by the Hartford, Connecticut Courant, a newspaper, said that Connecticut citizens were "complicit" with slavery. What does that mean?

It means they cooperated with it

Sometimes I use terms in my lectures without defining them -- like mentioning a "flail" without really telling you what it is. If you are inquisitive, you try to figure out what I am talking about even if I do not define my terms. If not, you get a chance to be inquisitive now -- what is a "flail" anyway?

It's two sticks with a piece of chain between them

One of the best remembered of leaders of slave rebellions was

Nat Turner

The leader of the rebellion which scared the planters of Virginia so deeply that they thereafter separated African Americans from other workers, and did their best to enslave all African Americans and to tell the other workers they were superior to the African Americans, to keep them from ever joining together again in a united rebellion, was named

Nathaniel Bacon

The National Labor Relations Act is enforced by a regulatory agency known as the

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

NOW stands for

National Organization of Women

Neuwirth bought what kind of phone in Nigeria's street markets?

Nokia 1110

The man in this video is named

Ronald Bellettiere

The French phrase I used roughly translates to

The more things change, the more they stay the same

The man who ran the laboratories where light bulbs, gramaphones, dictaphones, and movie cameras were all invented was named

Thomas Alva Edison

Gala Sausages, the big snack in Nigeria, are sold only in street markets even though they are made by a gigantic multinational coroporation called

UAC foods

The UAW is a Union. UAW stands for

United Auto Workers

The Davis Bacon Act provides that "prevailing wages" must be paid on what kinds of jobs?

construction jobs using Federal money

What is usuallly called The American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, was fought over

labor relations issues

Aaron mentioned two groups in particular which do not have a high percentage with access to the internet. Which of the following is NOT one of those low-access groups?

large families w many children

A lettuce picker is called a

lechugero

A corporation in the "free market" is expected to maximize

profits

n 1978, what Proposition was passed on the ballot that led to downgrading of California schools?

prop 13

In Gabe's opinion, the lettuce workers were

proud and in solidarity based on their work

Adam Smith's classic book on economics is called

the wealth of nations

From Gabe's point of view, who had more power to control the pace of the work in the fields?

the workers themeselves

The way Gabe makes it sound, the Labor Ready jobs are the

the worst work imaginable

In these times, since 2007,

there is less turnover in jobs

In what state did the US government end up buying up most of a whole town because of a toxic DIOXIN spill?

Missouri

The basic necessities which work must be done to acheive include all but one of the following. Which is not a basic necessity for which work must be done to insure survival?

Money

Did Randy Weingarten say that the AFT is supporting Barack Obama's re-election because they agree with him on all issues?

NO

Some employers believe that their workers like being strictly regimented and subjected to strict work rules. They believe that this is the only way their workers will be productive and satisfied with their jobs. Does the experience of the Native Americans in the Missions support this theory of labor relations?

NO

In order to be "work", something MUST

NONE of the above

Women joined the WACS and the WAVES. Which branch of the military service were the WAVES enrolled in?

Navy

What US city was ripped apart by Hurricane Katrina in 2005? (not in video, you may have to do some googling to find out)

New Orleans

On "Bloody Thursday" in the San Francisco General Strike in 1934, two men were killed in downtown San Francisco. One of them was an out of work cook who was a volunteer making food for the strikers. What was his name?

Nick Bordoise

The picture taken by Dorothea Lange was of a migrant worker in the fields near

Nipomo California

In studies where one metropolitan area crosses two State borders (for example, greater St Louis, which is partly in Missouri and partly in Illinois), when the minimum wage goes up in one state but not the other, does the state with the higher minimum wage end up losing jobs, according to the expert in this video?

No way, in the aggregate, there is NO job loss at all due to higher minimum wages

See -- every so often you need a quiz which is quick and easy just to get the batteries recharged an to keep moving -- so one last question to wrap it up -- what State is Cleveland, Ohio, in?

None of the above

The hugely popular public artist who painted Rosie the Riveter for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post magazine was named

Norman Rockwell

The first slave whose narrative is read aloud was named Sarah Gudger and she was from

North Carolina

On which island of Hawaii is Pearl Harbor located?

Oahu

The last great General Strike in the United States took place in

Oakland

"Black Thursday", the day the stock market crashed in 1929, happened on

October 24, 1929

Half of all Union members live in just 6 states. Which of the following States is NOT one of the 6?

Ohio

Levittown is the name of more than one city built by a developer named Levitt, but no Levittown was built in which of the following States?

Ohio

Senator Taft, who was the co-sponsorer of the Taft-Hartley Act, was from which State?

Ohio

Time to do a bit of searching on the web! 3 States where you will find the most Amish people in the United States are :

Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana

Charlie Williams was from

Oklahoma

OPEC stands for

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

The cities of the Northeastern part of the United States, which lost industrial plants and jobs in the 1970's and onwards did NOT include

Orlando

The city where Novella thinks the most urban farming is going on right now is

Philadelphia

The Steel plant where Taylor tried to perfect "scientific management" was located near the city of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The farmer in this piece of reading is named

Pierce Walker

The name of the guard & detective service which brought its men across the river in July to attack the strikers was named

Pinkerton's

The Homestead Works (Steel Mills) were located in what city?

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Ohlone lived in villages spread from the north end of the San Francisco Bay down as far south as about

Point Sur

The name of the air traffic controllers Union which went on strike in 1981 is

Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization

The Amish make religion a central part of their lives. They are a denomination of which religion?

Protestants

Google research time: what is the name of the Grayson Bill, HR 1346?

The Catching Up to 1968 Act of 2013

Greenville is in what State?

South Carolina

Before 1978, the "commons" which all supported with ample tax revenues was the entire

State of California public education system

One of the most important anti-union aspects of the Taft-Hartley Act was that it said who could NOT be in a Union?

Supervisors

Cesar Chavez led the United Farm Workers (UFW) in a nationwide successful boycott of what?

Tabe Grapes

Where is Talladega College, one of the original Southern colleges for African Americans?

Talledega Alabama

What State did this strike take place in?

Tennessee

The IBT, the Union which led a giant strike in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in which thousands of workers were involved, was led by the IBT. IBT stands for

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Winner- Take- All Politics was written by

Jacob Hacker

The capitol city of early Virginia, which the rebels burned to the ground, was

Jamestown

Steel plows were invented, patented, and produced by

John Deere

The economist who wrote a book called The New Industrial State was named

John Kenneth Galbraith

The president of the UMW punched the president of the Carpenters Union in the battle over representing mass production industrial workers in Unions. Who was the President of the United Mine Workers Union who did the punching?

John L Lewis

Grapes of Wrath was written by

John Steinback

President Roosevelt said that if he went to work in a factory, the first thing he would do would be to

Join a union

Senator McCarthy, who led the "hunt" for communists in the government in the '50's, had the following first name:

Joseph

This reading is also from Studs Terkel's book, Working. But it is from the graphic comix adaptation of the book. Your last reading was the way Studs recorded the interview with Pierce Walker. This reading is a graphic depiction of the chapter Studs wrote of his interview with a farm woman. I'm not sure this graphic comic is very useful for learning -- let me know what you think in the Forum on the iLearn page. Meanwhile, what is the farm woman's name?

Katherine Haynes

The last name of the soccer coach who is the "star" of this video is

Keady

What state are the Cumberland Mountains in?

Kentucky

The major nations of planet Earth met in what Japanese city in 1997 to negotiate a treaty designed to insure they all joined together and agreed to certain common measures to insure a reduction in global warming?

Kyoto

What is the name of the company that makes the motorcycles?

Loncin

LAX stands for

Los Angeles

The largest manufacturing industrial center in the United States is now located where?

Los Angeles

OK, a few quick and easy questions just to make sure you watched the video -- first, what University does Daron Acemoglu teach at?

MIT

The name of the journalist who wrote this article is

Mac Mclleland

When the international economy went into the toilet in 2008, WalMart responded by cutting employees, cutting the number of products, and cutting prices; Marcadona cut the number of employees and the prices, but did not cut the number of employees. Which one saw its profits and share of the market go up MORE?

Maracadona

The video I have asked you to watch about the Homestead Strike is narrated by

Martin Sheen

Barry Ritholtz suggested that the United States' 2 biggest "welfare queens" are

McDonald's and WalMart

COLA is an abbreviation for

Cost of Living Adjustment

Which of these countries in Asia do immigrants NOT come from?

Costa Rica

Driving the Native Americans out of states like Alabama and Mississippi opened their rich soil for the cultivation by slaves of what crop that became King?

Cotton

Which of the following concepts is NOT a part of the fullest definition of "work" explained in the lecture?

Creating Sweat and Suffering

A former NBA basketball star is doing urban farming projects in what city?

Milkwaukee

Although Labor Ready pays only the minimum wage to the workers it hires, it charges companies how much per hour for these workers?

14 per hour

The age range of the youth learning skills at the institution Lissa works at is

14 to 24

Pg.2: As of March, 2010, approximately how many employees were employed on a full time basis by State and local governments?

14.8 million

In the year 2007, how many cell phones reached "End of Life", or EOL?

140,000,000

As a result of which Amendment to the US Constitution are people born in the United States declared to be citizens of the United States, no matter where their parents come from?

14th

A total of how many tunnels were drilled by the Chinese railway workers for the Central Pacific to get through the mountains?

15

n less than one hundred years, the California Native American population of about 250,000 to 300,000 who lived in the State's geography before the arrival of Europeans, had dropped to about

15,000

Who was the President of the United States in 1977 through 1980?

Carter

Which kind of property law applied to slaves?

Chattel Law

In what city did Robert Abbott, after whom a ship built in the Richmond shipyards was named, live and publish a newspaper for the African American community?

Chicago Illinois

Maybe in the USA, children can work in tobacco fields from the age of 12 and up, but in nasty countries like Russia and Kazakhstan, children can work in the fields from what age on up?

Children are prohibited from working in tobacco fields in Russia and Kazakhstan

What country is this motorcycle factory in?

China

Out West, the transcontinental railroad was built by immigrants, primarily from

China and Ireland

I mentioned that I am actually originally from

Clevand

CBA stands for

Collecting Bargaining Agreement

The case in which hat makers were sued by their employer, lost the case, and had to pay damages, which resulted in loss of jobs, homes, and forced many to move, including at least one all the way to California, arose in the State of

Conneticut

What University was Jefferson Cowie lecturing at in this video, which he calls his "hometown crowd", because this is where he is a professor?

Cornell

What was the name of the man who founded the United Auto Workers newspaper?

Henry Kaus

The leader of the strikers was a man named

Hugh O'donnell

The fight for new child labor regulations failed because

In Federal politics, in this era, money speaks louder than voters

Many terms are used for these tribes which dwelled in North America before Europeans arrived. Which term is least accurate of all to describe them?

Indians

The Rebellion ended up by burning down the entire capitol city of early Virginia, in an attack on the ruling planters, but it began as a series of attacks on the

Indians

I.W.W. stands for

Industrial Workers of the World

Governor Frank Merriam, who did the thing politicians usually do when they see people standing up for their rights in the streets, and sent out the National Guard to stop them, was from which political party? Democratic Party (D) or Republican Party (R)

Republican

What were members of the Ohlone tribe PAID for doing their work?

Respect & Dignity because of Sharing

The shipyard experience of African American workers in this video is based in the shipyards of

Richmond California

Women working in shipyards during WW 2 were called Rosie the Riveters. Where is there a monument and National Park built to honor "Rosie the Riveter"?

Richmond California

The US Supreme Court decision which upheld the Constitutional right of a woman to an abortion, under certain conditions, was named

Roe v Wade

The largest Union in the United States is said to be

SEIU

Which of the following cities does NOT have one of these first Missions in its history?

Santa Maria

Neuwirth showed slides of the market in London in 1675, then he referred to the market in Hong Kong in 1902, and the Maxwell Street Market in Chicago in the 1940's, and then he showed the early morning market in

Sao paul brazil

States like Minnesota and Wisconsin, part of what was once called the Northwest Territory, were settled by people from that part of Europe called

Scandanavia

Before she urban farmed in West Oakland, Novella also did some urban farming where?

Seattle Washington

Robert Reich served in what high Cabinet office for the government of the United States?

Secretary of Labor

Which Section of the National Labor Relations Act provides an election conducted by the Federal government for workers who want to have a Union represent them?

Section 9

Mary Kay is the President of

Service Employees International Union

From 2001 to 2007, what huge international company distributed $1.9 billion dollars in bribes (a rate of 2 a day at $500,000 each)?

Siemens