This contest is open to any Local 4948 bargaining unit member. Email the correct answers to the following questions and your name will be entered in a draw to win a Local 4948 t-shirt for your entire branch or dept. All answers must be received before Labour Day (September 6, 2010).
1. Name the actor who played corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly in a 1954 film classic.
2. Name the actress who starred in a film based on the life of Crystal Lee Jordan, a textile worker who fought to unionize her factory. (Hint: we really, really, like her.)
3. Name the recently-disgraced actor who portrayed a farmer in a 1983 film in which he crosses a picket line of striking steel workers. (Hint: we really, really don’t like him.)
4. Name the children’s picture book in which a herd of cows go on strike to fight for better working conditions. (Hint: the duck is sent to mediate.)
5. Name the indie rock star who had a small role in the 1987 U.S. film about striking West Virginian miners OR name the red hot rock star who had a small role in the 1978 U.S. film about the fictional "Federation of Inter State Truckers."
6. Name the porous cartoon character who goes on strike after his boss cuts wages for ‘lollygagging.’
7. Name the fictional Louisiana sherrif in a bestselling mystery series who wrote this about library workers:
“So where do you go to find a researcher who is intelligent, imaginative, skilled in the use of computers, devoted to discovering the truth, and knowledgeable about science, technology, history, and literature, and who usually works for dirt and gets credit for nothing?......”
