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USW game show

June 23, 2020
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Duration: 10 minutes

Materials: A computer with the “USW Game Show” PowerPoint file, data projector, screen, paper and pens for all, and prizes for the winners

How it’s done before the event:

  • Decide who will be the game show host and who will run the PowerPoint slides. Both should practice running the game show a few times until they feel comfortable.
  • Decide if you would like to add more questions, or replace some in the prepared PowerPoint file with your own.
  • Set up the equipment well ahead of time and check to make sure it’s working.

How it’s done at the event:

  1. Explain that you will be hosting a game show to test our knowledge of fun facts about USW and workers’ rights. There will be a series of multiple-choice questions. You can work on your own or in a group, as you wish. Write your answers down on the paper provided. We’ll use the honour system to keep track of how we do, because there will be prizes!
  2. Show the PowerPoint presentation, in a lively manner and at a fairly quick pace.
  3. Ask participants to total up their correct answers. Ask everyone who got at least 7 correct answers to raise their hands.
  4. Congratulate everyone on their knowledge. Distribute prizes to loud applause. 

Questions and answers:

  1. The first time workers in Canada organized against unfair treatment by the boss was in: a) 1671 in Quebec City; b) 1919 and the Winnipeg General Strike; c) 1992 and the NHL strike
  2. The United Steelworkers got its start in: a) 2001; b) 1936; c) 1672
  3. When the union and the employer sit down to bargain a contract, what percentage of the time does it end up in a strike: a) 3%; b) 50%; c) 84%
  4. If you are 15-29 years old and in a unionized job, how much more do you earn each hour on average than a young worker who isn’t unionized: a) 15¢ b) $2.99 c) $4.63 [Source: Statistics Canada Table: 14-10-0065-01 (formerly CANSIM 282-0073)]
  5. If you are a woman in a unionized job, how much more do you earn each hour on average than a woman who isn’t unionized: a) $1.25; b) $6.63; c) 35¢ [Source: Statistics Canada Table: 14-10-0065-01 (formerly CANSIM 282-0073)]
  6. Which of the following things were NOT won by unions: a) weekends off; b) the 8-hour work day; c) paid maternity leave; d) mandatory drug testing
  7. In the United Steelworkers, the biggest single group of workers we represent is: a) steel-mill workers in Calgary, Alberta; b) aluminium-smelter workers in Alma, Quebec; c) University support staff in Toronto, Ontario
  8. Who decides if a group of workers go out on strike: a) the union president; b) a majority of the workers voting by secret ballot; c) the union’s negotiating committee
  9. In 1990 the average Canadian Chief Executive Officer made 25 times what the average worker earned. By 2018, Canada’s top 100 CEOs made: a) 7 times; b) 27 times; c) 227 times (Source: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Fail Safe: CEO compensation in Canada]
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