ANSWERS TO TEAMSTER TRIVIA QUIZ

1) Traditional crafts included delivery of coal, ice, gravel, lumber, milk, and dry goods.

2) Dan Tobin recognized that motor trucks were the wave of the future. The Teamsters began organizing motor truck drivers as early as 1910. Teamsters also made sure members who worked for companies using horses and trucks had the opportunity to learn driving skills.

3) Teamsters were among the few workers who were skilled drivers and could also repair motor vehicles. Motor trucks gained widespread use during World War I.

4) 1934 Minnesota Strike. The Teamsters stood up to the citizens groups and businesses in Minneapolis that were treating them so poorly, which gained national attention. Workers participated in strikes under threat of violence. Wives and families of strikers organized a 24-hour soup kitchen and infirmary for the workers and printed a newsletter to insure the public heard their story. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 was a direct result of the strike.

5) The "Have It Delivered" project was a highly successful campaign encouraging consumers not to rely on cash and carry, but to have packages from local businesses such as laundries and department stores delivered directly to their homes.

6) The National Master Freight Agreement signed in 1964, standardized over-the-road freight drivers and more than 16,000 employers. The NMFA raised the standard of living for more working families than any other single event in labor history.

7) The airline industry was the focus of many Teamsters organizing efforts in the 1960's.

8) Viola Liuzzo was the wife if a Detroit Business Agent who was murdered by the KKK in 1965 for helping with the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. Teamsters were actively involved in all aspects of the civil rights movement.

9) Detroit warehouse who organized a strike against Kroger in 1932. Their leader was 17-year-old Jimmy Hoffa.

10) The "hammer" is a clause allowing for strikes at mid-term when negotiations are going badly. It gives the workers more bargaining power and levels the playing field during negotiations.

EXTRA CREDIT: Thunder and Lightning.
"You'll know it's the Teamsters' cause they have Thunder and Lightning by their side."