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The UAW's fortunes began to improve after it began organizing on an industrial basis. The union found rapid success with the sitdown strike, a tactic where workers "sit down" at their work stations to occupy a factory. [14] Sitdown strikes enabled small numbers of workers to interrupt the assembly line and stop production across an entire plant ...
During the final days of 1936, about 50 autoworkers at General Motors shut down their machines at Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Michigan, and sat down. The workers, members of the tiny United ...
Workers at the Guide Lamp plant in Anderson, Indiana conducted a sit-down strike. [9] January 4: Sit-down strike at Toledo, Ohio's Chevrolet plant [9] January 5: Sit-down strike at Chevrolet and Fisher Body in Janesville. [9] January 8: Sit-down strike at the 3800-worker Cadillac plant in Detroit, organized by Walther Reuther's West Side local ...
From November 21, 1945, to March 13, 1946 (113 days), CIO's United Automobile Workers (UAW), organized "320,000 hourly workers" to form a nationwide strike against General Motors, workers used the tactic of the sit down strike. [1]
The United Auto Workers strike is set to end as the union and General Motors announced a tentative agreement on a new contract Monday. ... said it was inspired by the union's "sit down strike ...
GM gave up and recognized the United Automobile Workers union, and gave a 5% raise. Recognition set the standard for heavy industry—major corporations realized they had to bargain with their unions. The Flint sit-down was a turning point in labor history, as it demonstrated the power of workers to collectively organize.
After less than a week, the 5,000 workers who walked off the job at General Motors Arlington during the United Auto Workers strike are heading back to work. UAW’s strike has officially ended ...
Roy Louis Reuther (August 29, 1909 – January 10, 1968) was an American labor organizer. He was one of the leaders of the historic Flint sit-down strike that gave birth to the United Auto Workers (UAW).