88 Labor Day Trivia Questions with Answers
88 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
In Canada, on which day of the year is Labour Day observed?
Answer
First Monday in September
Which U.S. president signed the National Labor Relations Act of 1935?
Answer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which Australian state celebrates Labour Day on the first Monday in October?
Answer
New South Wales
Which phrase was central to the Australian eight-hour-day movement linked with Labour Day?
Answer
Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest
What is Labour Day called in Germany, where it is observed as a public holiday on May 1?
Answer
Tag der Arbeit
Which U.S. law, enacted in 1935, established the right of many workers to organize and bargain collectively?
Answer
National Labor Relations Act
On what date did the Haymarket affair take place in Chicago?
Answer
May 4, 1886
On what date did the Pullman Strike begin in the United States?
Answer
May 11, 1894
Which labor organization was founded in Philadelphia in 1869 by Uriah Stephens?
Answer
Knights of Labor
Who became the first U.S. Secretary of Labor when the Department of Labor was created?
Answer
William B. Wilson
Which U.S. cabinet department, created in 1913, focuses on workers’ rights and working conditions?
Answer
Department of Labor
Which U.S. president ordered federal troops to intervene during the 1894 Pullman Strike?
Answer
Grover Cleveland
Which organization chose May 1 as an international workers’ day in 1889?
Answer
The Second International
Which event does Trinidad and Tobago’s Labour Day commemorate on June 19?
Answer
The 1937 Butler Riots
Which organization did Samuel Gompers help found in 1886 and later lead as president?
Answer
American Federation of Labor
What working-time demand was central to the 1886 campaign linked to the Haymarket affair?
Answer
An eight-hour workday
Which 1886 Chicago labor event helped inspire International Workers’ Day?
Answer
Haymarket affair
Which U.S. president signed the law making Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894?
Answer
Grover Cleveland
Which labor organization organized New York City’s first Labor Day parade in 1882?
Answer
Central Labor Union