http://flint.matrix.msu.edu/ Web1936 The Flint Sit-Down Strike Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, ID 4715 During the Flint Sit-Down strike, UAW members and GM employees used their children to picket and protest outside while they occupied the plant. This tactic was intended to draw attention and empathy from non- union supporters.
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WebSep 25, 2012 · newspaper in Flint reported: "A sit-down strike in which 22 men are said to have taken part, halted all operations at the No. 2 plant of the Fisher Body Division here this morning...throwing 2,200 men out of work." ( "Strike Halts Car Assembly", Flint Journal, Dec. 30, 1936.) A sit-downer in the plant remembers the story quite differently. WebStrikes had been attempted in Flint in 1930 and 1934, but had been viciously broken up by company stooges and the Flint police force. In 1935 Congress passed the Wagner Act, which legalized strikes and invigorated the new Congress of Industrial Organizations under the leadership of John L. Lewis. ... Frank Funk describes the sit-down strike as ... how long are you banned from tinder
86 years ago today, Flint autoworkers started the Flint Sit-Down …
WebThe Flint Sit-Down Strike site is more an electronic essay than an archive of interviews. The site’s creators digitized the tapes of a quarter of the more than two hundred interviews conducted between 1978 and 1984 with people who were involved with the strike. Several interactive formats allow the viewer to hear excerpts from those interviews. WebFeb 11, 2024 · FLINT, MI -- Eighty four years ago today, Flint auto workers ended a 44-day long sit-down strike after General Motors agreed to a one-page contract that recognized the United Auto Workers... WebStrikes had been attempted in Flint in 1930 and 1934, but had been viciously broken up by company stooges and the Flint police force. In 1935 Congress passed the Wagner Act, … how long are you considered a newlywed