Sitdown strike - Wikipedia
WEBA sit-down strike (or simply sitdown) is a labour strike and a form of civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers, usually employed at factories or other centralized locations, take unauthorized or illegal possession of …
The 1936 Sit‑Down Strike That Shook the Auto Industry
WEBSep 17, 2019 · Over 44 days in 1936 and 1937, members of the fledgling United Auto Workers union managed to bring an auto behemoth to its knees in a sit-down strike that became one of the most decisive...
The Flint, Michigan, Sit-Down Strike - Library of Congress
WEBDec 30, 2022 · For six weeks in 1937, workers at General Motors' Flint, Michigan, plant refused to budge from their sit-down strike. That action changed the course of industrial and labor history, when General Motors finally agreed to recognize the United Auto Workers as the sole bargaining agent in all GM plants.
Flint sit-down strike - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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.
How an auto workers strike 87 years ago transformed America
WEBSep 17, 2023 · Sit-down strikes were a novel tactic and had several benefits over a traditional strike, which involved workers walking off the job, writes labor journalist Steven Greenhouse in “Beaten Down,...
The Flint Sit-Down Strike, From the Inside - JSTOR Daily
WEBDec 3, 2021 · The Flint Sit-Down Strike, From the Inside Americans in “The Great Resignation” and “Strikevember” are the heirs of the 1936-1937 sit-down strike by auto workers in Flint, Michigan. Sitdown strikers in the Fisher body plant factory number three.
Sit-Down Strike! - Teach Democracy
WEBOn December 30, 1936, a group of about 50 UAW assembly-line workers, angered over yet another attempt by GM to weaken their union, spontaneously sat down and refused to work at GM's Fisher Body Plant in Flint, Michigan. This action stalled the whole assembly line.
Flint Sit-Down Strike - Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium
WEBThe Flint Sit-Down Strike: What Was It? On December 30, 1936, General Motors workers at Fisher Body No. 1 became part of what has been called the most significant strike in American labor history. These workers were fighting for recognition of their union, the United Auto Workers, and to keep their jobs from going to non-union workers.
Flint Sit-Down Striker: 'Equal Pay, Equal Conditions' - NPR
WEBApr 27, 2011 · The Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1937 gave life to the United Auto Workers union. GM workers gained collective bargaining rights and the contracts became models for workers in other industries.
The Flint, Michigan, Sit-Down Strike (1936-37)
WEBMay 16, 2023 · On November 12, 1936, three welders participated in a “quickie sit-down” strike and were fired when they arrived to work the next day. Their firing resulted in a sit-down protest of 700 men on November 13 at the Fisher Body No. 1, until the the three men were rehired later that day.
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