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Siwsan

(26,291 posts) Mon Sep 2, 2019, 11:42 AM Sep 2019

Remembering Flint's contribution to Labor Unions.

The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike against General Motors (also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, the great GM sit-down strike, and other variants) changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the domestic United States automobile industry. (Wikipedia)