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	Flint Sit-Down Strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flint Sit-Down Strike changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major union and led to the unionization of the United States automobile industry.
		The Flint police attempted to enter the plant on January 11, 1937.
		The parties finally reached agreement on February 11, 1937 on a one page agreement that recognized the UAW as the exclusive bargaining representative for GM's employees who were members of the union for the next six months.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flint_Sit-Down_Strike (1034 words)

	The Flint Sit-down Strike - January 2003 Solidarity
		The 44-day Flint Sit-down Strike that ended Feb. 11, 1937, with a first UAW contract with General Motors was the most pivotal strike in early UAW history.
		In mid-November 1936, workers at Bendix in South Bend, Ind., established the sit-down strike, though illegal, as a tactic where workers occupied the workplace.
		GM ran Flint, and the company had union families threatened with eviction, credit denied at stores, wives pressured into writing letters claiming they were ill to their husbands in the plants, and more.
	www.uaw.org /solidarity/03/0103/feature07.html (535 words)

	Flint Strike — The Flint Journal presents: Journal of the 20th Century
		He said the strike was more about working conditions, lack of job security, treatment and about piecework – paying workers based on the number of parts made – than about wages.
		The GM strike already was under way before workers sat down in Flint.
		But Flint police were not prepared to go that far, and the strike again reached a stalemate.
	www.flintjournal.com /20thcentury/1930/1930strike.html (1558 words)

	Flint Sit-Down Strike - Introduction
		Most of the strike participants were over seventy years old at the time of their interviews, and many were over eighty.
		They remembered the working conditions that led to the strike, especially the dreaded "speed-up"; they remembered what they were doing during the strike, inside the plants and out; and they remembered the difficult months after the strike when the fledgling UAW was trying to establish long-term credibility.
		In 1936, General Motors was the richest industrial corporation in the world, with plants in over fifty cities and towns across the United States.
	www.historicalvoices.org /flint/introduction.php (667 words)

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		One historian, evaluating the significance of the Sit Down, writes: The era of the New Deal was studded with great strikes, many of them signifying an upheaval of unskilled labor in the nation's mass production industries.
		But to understand the strike wave of the 1930's, it is necessary to look back to its roots in the 1880's.
		Writers in Fortune Magazine in Nov. 1937 were compelled to admit, "Out of all the sensational news of the auto strike, the seizing of Chevy IV was the high point.
	history.eserver.org /flint-sit-down.txt (2621 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The 1936 - 37 Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike
		In the month of July 1936, the combination of these conditions and a heat wave was responsible for hundreds of deaths in the auto plants of Michigan.
		The sit-down strike had not yet been made illegal, and was generally accepted as the best tactic available to labour, for a number of reasons.
		On 11 January, 1937, the women delivering the evening meal to the strikers occupying Fisher Body Plant Number Two found that the plant was surrounded by company guards, who were blocking the door normally used for this delivery.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A672310 (4474 words)

	Progressive Labor Party pamphlet, 'The Great Flint Sit-Down Strike Against GM, 1936-37' (1965 edition)
		The Flint strike was preceded by a fresh wave of unionization, born of desperate conditions, that swept through the masses of working people.
		Even those workers who were not on strike and not in the union let it be known, by their presence at demonstrations and picket lines, that their sympathies were with the sit-downers.
		Soon down the hill they came, a procession of women hundreds strong in bright red caps, singing "Hold the Fort for we are coming…" They spread out in front of the plant gates, amid cheers from the men inside and the watching crowd, and locked arms.
	www.plp.org /pamphlets/flintstrike.html (18578 words)

	uaw gm flint sit down strike 1937
		Would like to go down on the walk like the inquiring reporter and ask each one down there for their opinion of this whole affair...
		The agreement that lead to their future negotiations as I understand them are that we leave the plants and that General Motors do not remove dies or parts and do not attempt to resume operations in any of the strike bound plants during the fifteen days of negotiations.
		McIntyre of the Detroit News was down in front and said the strike was settled.
	gm-flint-sit-down-strike-blog-journal.blogspot.com (5939 words)

	Flint web page
		Are you willing to go on strike, possibly losing the job you so dearly clung to during the depression (www.uaw.org)?" This is the dilemma the employees at the Flint, Michigan plant were facing.
		The sit down strike became a great advantage for unions in the United States.
		The companies were reluctant to use violence to break the strikes because of the property belonging to the company that may have been damaged.
	www.stfrancis.edu /ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/btopics/works/flint.htm (949 words)

	The Scout Report -- September 26, 2003
		Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937 [RealOnePlayer, Macromedia Flash Reader] http://www.historicalvoices.org/flint/ Developed with the assistance of the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for Humanities, this online multi-media digital exhibit examines one of the most celebrated strikes in American history, the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937.
		The idea for the project had its origins in 1978, when Neil Leighton (a political science professor at the University of Michigan-Flint) was at a professional conference and another scholar recommended that he begin to create an oral history of that historic event in American labor history.
		Each section on the strike itself contains a brief essay about such topics as the preexisting conditions in the plants, the organization of the various strikes, and the aftermath of the events that took place during those two years.
	www.mail-archive.com /scout-report@scout.wisc.edu/msg00028.html (3510 words)

	The Flint Sit-Down Strike Audio Gallery
		Working on the line at General Motors in Flint was a job many men needed desperately in the 1930's, but it was also tremendously difficult.
		The strike was settled on February 11, 1937.
		The UAW did not win all of its demands, but gained an agreement from General Motors to recognize the union in the struck plants and to allow the union exclusive rights for six months to organize in the other plants.
	www.historicalvoices.org /flint/index.php (186 words)

	Walter P. Reuther library/personal collections
		On February 11, 1937, several hundred members of the United Automobile Workers Union (UAW) emerged from three General Motors (GM) factories in Flint, Michigan to the sounds of cheering crowd.
		The goal of the strike was simple: GM recognition of the UAW.
		This was one of the key events in American labor history.
	www.reuther.wayne.edu /exhibits/sitdown.html (302 words)

	Sitdown strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Flint, Michigan, strikers occupied several General Motors plants for more than forty days, and repelled the efforts of the police and National Guard to retake them.
		A wave of sit-down strikes followed, but diminished by the end of the decade as the courts and the National Labor Relations Board held that sit-down strikes were illegal and sit-down strikers could be fired.
		While some sit-down strikes still occur in the United States, they tend to be spontaneous and short-lived.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sitdown_strike (316 words)

	Flint Strike: Lest We Forget (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The following was written in 1987 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Flint Sit Down Strike.
		The strike wave of the 1930's made it possible, for the first time to have industry-wide, rather than craft unions in the United States.
		An anonymous sit-downer, writing in his strike diary, describes the seizure of the Fisher II plant on December 30, 1936 at 6:45 a.m.
	www.zmag.org /Bulletins/pfli.htm (2999 words)

	Portraits by Kathryn Gehrs-Pahl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1999, I participated in the exhibition, "The Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937: Witnesses and Warriors", which was made possible by the contributions of The United Automobile Workers Region 1-C, The Foundation for Mott Community College, and Mott Community College.
		First shown at the Greater Flint Arts Council, this oil portrait is part of a traveling exhibition.
		This oil portrait of Mary Sepanak, a Flint area country-western singer, is in her private collection.
	www.ais.org /~schnars/art/portrait.htm (153 words)

	Flint Sit-Down Strike
		The forty-four day strike was a victory for the United Auto Workers (UAW), a new industrial union that won the right to organize and represent employees of the largest auto company and one of the largest private employers in the United States.
		Three “audio essays” consider the strike’s organization, the strike itself, and its aftermath on pages that provide historical narrative and analysis interspersed with audio clips of interviews with participants and observers.
		But more could be offered about the malleability of memory and the extent to which the story of the Flint strike has been often told and become mythologized in remembrances.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /d/7252 (503 words)

	Uhhuh .us, born in genesee county, michigan, uaw proud, celebrating flint sitdown strike of 1936 -1937. The sit-down ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Uhhuh.us, born in genesee county, michigan, uaw proud, celebrating flint sitdown strike of 1936 -1937.
		D___, as I viewed you at your wake that was held in your honor at UAW Local 599, from your obituary I learned, around 1926, while working at the Buick Foundry, The Union talk began.
		How when you drive down South Saginaw Street, Fisher 1 is torn down, and I can only picture in my mind the tear gas, broken windows, and parade as the Sit-downers marched victoriously out of the factory.
	members.tripod.com /~uhhuhdotcom (4418 words)

	The Great Flint Sit-Down Strike Against GM, 1936-37
		The fans, mostly rubber workers, ha1f seriously and half in fun, yelled for "a union ump." The "scab" was forced to retire from the field and a union man was found to take his place.
		Finally, with pressure growing for the mass organization of auto workers, agreement was won in May, 1936, to give the auto workers autonomy inside the AFLfor what was, in effect, an industrial union.
		The company was pushing its back-to-workmovement through the Flint Alliance, claiming that a minority of strikers were "dictating" to a majority of non-strikers.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /~rgibson/flintstrike.html (18083 words)

	Best of Blue Web'n
		This site is based on interviews that were conducted between 1978 and 1984 with former participants of the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-37.
		According to the Introduction: "the strike itself has remained interesting because it was a classic case of David versus Goliath.
		In 1936, General Motors was the richest industrial corporation in the world...
	www.kn.pacbell.com /news/CAschools/winter2004/best-bluewebn.htm (548 words)

	UAW Unveils Monument - October 2003 Solidarity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		On Labor Day, Barbara White and Cecilia Yorko lit the eternal flame at the new monument honoring the GM Flint sit-down strike of 1936-1937.
		The most important way we can pay tribute to those who came before us is to pave the way for those who will come after us,” he added.
		Roth said a labor museum will also be built around the monument to educate people about the union and its contributions to society.
	www.uaw.org /solidarity/03/1003/uf05.cfm (332 words)

	Newsvine - flint
		The annual ranking of the nation's most dangerous cities found St Louis first, Detroit second and Flint third, according to a study to be released today by Morgan Quitno Press, a Kansas-based company that publishes "City Crime Rankings," an annual reference book.
		us-news, crime, michigan, missouri, detroit, st-louis, violent-crime, flint, crime-rankings
		Videography of Flint Michigan Sitdowners Memorial Park filmed with VX 7000 Verizon Cameraphone.
	www.newsvine.com /flint (230 words)

	Dale E. Kildee (MI05) - Press Releases - House Approves Kildee’s Funding Request For Labor Museum
		The funding Kildee secured represents a tenth of the overall cost of the Center, expected to budget $3 million.
		, a shrine to the American labor movement centered around the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937.
		The strike lasted 44 days in 1936-1937, and would impact the course of the industrial labor movement forever, subsequently establishing the United Automobile Workers as the exclusive bargaining representative for General Motors employees and a major part of the American auto industry.
	www.house.gov /list/press/mi05_kildee/pr_112105300KLaborCtrGrant.html (316 words)

	Flint UAW GM Sit down Strike Sitdowner Monument Memorial Garden with Michigan Historic Site Marker on Flickr - Photo ...
		Flint UAW GM Sit down Strike Sitdowner Monument Memorial Garden with Michigan Historic Site Marker on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Flint UAW GM Sit down Strike Sitdowner Monument Memorial Garden with Michigan Historic Site Marker
		1937 Flint Sitdown Strike Michigan Historic Marker on left of photo.
	www.flickr.com /photos/uaw/227349057 (143 words)

	flint sit down strike monument on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		1936-1937 Sitdown strikers, sitdowners as they are called in UAW union lore, sitting down on car bench seat in factory, waiting patiently, yet vigilantly for outcome of negotiations between General Motors and UAW.
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		UAW Flint Sit-down Sitdowner Monument Memorial Park (Set)
	www.flickr.com /photos/uaw/228391597 (140 words)

	News: Arts Events: WITNESS AND WARRIORS, The Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937; AN AMERICAN DREAM: MoorMan ...
		WITNESS AND WARRIORS: THE FLINT SIT-DOWN STRIKE OF 1936-1937
		The Greater Flint Arts Council is presenting WITNESS AND WARRIORS, a Mott Community College exhibition of portraits of sit-downers from the 1936 - 1937 Sit Down-Strike in Flint, Michigan.
		Biographical information about the sit-downers who are portrayed is exhibited side by along side of each work of art, and the Opening Night reception featured songs from the Flint Sit-Down Strike era.
	www.artscope.net /NEWS/news990615-7.shtml (440 words)

	Netvouz - 20history bookmarks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Historic Michigan Site Marker, in front of former General Motors Fisher Body Factory Plant No. 1, scene of one of historic United Auto Workers, The UAW, Great Flint Michigan Sit-Down Strikes of 1936 1937.
		Story of U.A.W. in Flint MI during great flint sit-down strike of 1936 1937 by Henry Kraus
		Inside the plant diary during 44 day stay-in sit-in strike between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union.
	www.netvouz.com /?tags=20history (624 words)

	Sci-Tech Library Newsletter 10/02/03
		Though Nefertiti was renowned for her striking beauty, as depicted in her famous bust, little is actually known about her demise.
		This groundbreaking documentary follows Fletcher's quest to identify a trio of unwrapped mummies found in a forgotten tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
		For a contextual overview, a timeline helps break down the various artists and styles.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/swain/nsflibnews/2003/stan031002.html (7917 words)

	Michigan State University Libraries - Electronic Resources
		MSU Libraries - Electronic Resources - Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937 Audio Gallery
		Connect to "Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937 Audio Gallery"
		Terrible working conditions, combined with unfair and devious payroll practices, made the auto plants of Depression-era Flint into ripe locations for union organization....
	er.lib.msu.edu /item.cfm?item=006985 (98 words)

	Great Flint Sit-down Strike History Links
		First contract in 1937 between United Auto Workers and G.M. United Auto Workers UAW General Motors GM auto history http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/
		DID YOU KNOW,ANYWHERE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD WHERE LABOR HISTORY IS TAUGHT, THERE IS ALWAYS A CHAPTER ON THE GREAT FLINT SIT-DOWN STRIKE OF 1936-1937.
		IT GAVE WORKERS DIGNITY AND RESPECT THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD.
	www.expage.com /uaw (298 words)

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