Question
A union of people in this profession backed Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election and received the most generous contract ever offered to a government employee union. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this profession whose workers nevertheless staged a 1981 PATCO strike where many were fired.
ANSWER: air traffic controllers [or ATC; accept air controllers or flight controllers; prompt on controllers; prompt on aviation officials]
[10h] Barbara Kopple’s film American Dream chronicles another Reagan-era strike of workers at a Spam factory for Hormel Foods in this state, whose picketers included this state’s future senator Paul Wellstone.
ANSWER: Minnesota [or MN]
[10e] In 1988, writers in this industry went on strike. Reagan himself led SAG (“sag”), a guild of workers in this industry, during the blacklist era.
ANSWER: film industry [accept answers like movies or Hollywood or television; prompt on entertainment or acting or actors]
<Michael Bentley, History - American - 1945+> ~22156~ <Editor: Ganon Evans>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 17.22 | 94% | 67% | 11% |