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Flint sit-down strike

The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States. It changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and…

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Location
Flint, Michigan
Date
December 30, 1936 – February 11, 1937
Result
Recognition of the UAW

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Flint sit-down strike

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related to Further reading · 101
Flint sit-down strike → AFL, American Historical Review, American Labor Movement, American Vanguard, American Worker, Ann Arbor, Armstrong, Bak, Barnard, Bernstein, Boston, Brandi, Cambridge, Chapel Hill, Chronicle, Class Formation, Communist Party, Critical Historical Studies, Date, Detroit
related to External links · 31
Flint sit-down strike → Detroit, Detroit News, Dollinger Remembers, Flint, Flint Sit-Down, General Motors Sit-Down StrikeBaulch, Genora, How Industrial Unionism Was, Jeremy BrecherWorkers Made History, Job, Johnson, June, LA Times, Michigan, NPR Planet Money Podcast, Patricia, PDF, Rearview Mirror, Remembering, Reuther Library Subject Focus
related to The strike · 23
Flint sit-down strike → AM, At, Bad, Bob Travis, By, Cleveland, Cleveland's Fisher Body, December, Dollinger, Emergency Brigade, Events, Fisher, Flint, Genora Johnson Dollinger, GM, In, It, On December, Robert Travis, The
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Flint sit-down strike → December 30, 1936 – February 11, 1937
Location · 1
Flint sit-down strike → Flint, Michigan
Result · 1
Flint sit-down strike → Recognition of the UAW

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strike workers flint gm sit-down plant uaw union chevrolet plants 1936 isbn michigan general strikers fisher body 000 1937 motors

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Flint sit-down strikeDateDecember 30, 1936 – February 11, 19371.00infobox
Flint sit-down strikeLocationFlint, Michigan1.00infobox
Flint sit-down strikeResultRecognition of the UAW1.00infobox
Ford joinedinstance ofEmployees of other car manufacturers0.80text
as the entire industry was rapidly unionizedinstance ofEmployees of other car manufacturers0.80text
Flint sit-down strikerelated to External linksReuther Library Subject Focus0.60section
Flint sit-down strikerelated to External linksRemembering0.60section
Flint sit-down strikerelated to External linksFlint Sit-Down0.60section
Flint sit-down strikerelated to External linksWalter0.60section
Flint sit-down strikerelated to External linksReuther LibraryAudio0.60section
Flint sit-down strikerelated to External linksGenora0.60section
Flint sit-down strikerelated to External linksJohnson0.60section

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