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Sit-Down: The General Motors Strike of 1936-1937

Sidney Fine 2020 Edition, With a New Foreword by Kim Moody
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In this classic study, Sidney Fine portrays the dramatic events of the 1936–37 Flint Sit-down Strike against General Motors, which catapulted the UAW into prominence and touched off a wave of sit-down strikes across the United States. Basing his account on an impressive variety of manuscript sources, Fine analyzes the strategy and tactics of GM and the UAW, describes the life of the workers in the occupied plants, and examines the troubled governmental and public reaction to the alleged breakdown of law and order in the strikes. In addition, Fine provides vivid portraits of the major figures on both sides of the conflict: Governor Frank Murphy; Alfred Sloan, Jr.; William Knudsen; Robert Travis; Roy, Victor, and Walter Reuther; Homer Martin; and Wyndham Mortimer. The GM sit-down strike marks the close of one era of labor-management relations in the United States and the beginning of another. A half century after its initial publication, Fine's work remains the definitive account of that momentous conflict. A new foreword by Kim Moody's revisits Sit-Down in order to demonstrate its continued relevance to today's unions, workers, and activists.
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  • Class : Culture
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  • 978-0-472-12716-0 (ebook)
  • 978-0-472-03784-1 (paper)
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  • History:American History
  • Michigan and the Great Lakes:History
  • American Studies
  • Class Studies
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  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • I. The Battle of the Running Bulls
  • II. The Corporation
  • III. The Workers
  • IV. Company Town
  • Illustrations
  • V. The Coming of the Strike
  • VI. The Sit-Down Community
  • VII. Strategy and Tactics: General Motors
  • VIII. Strategy and Tactics: The UAW
  • IX. Stalemate
  • X. Negotiated Peace
  • XI. Aftermath
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index

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Layout of the Flint Chevrolet plants and Fisher Body No. 2

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Photo of a Saginaw taxicab in which four union leaders were injured, January 26, 1937.

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Saginaw taxicab in which four union leaders were injured, Jan. 26, 1937

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Photo of a Chevrolet No. 9, February 1937.

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Chevrolet No. 9, Feb. 1, 1937

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Photo of outside Fisher Body No. 2, January 12, 1937.

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Outside Fisher Body No. 2, Jan. 12, 1937

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Photo of strike leaders arraigned before Judge Edward D. Mallory (left to right—Victor Reuther, Robert Travis, Roy Reuther, Maurice Sugar, Henry Kraus).

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Strike leaders arraigned before Judge Edward D. Mallory

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Photo of picketing in Flint.

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Picketing in Flint

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Photo of a National Guard blockades, Chevrolet No. 4.

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National Guard blockades Chevrolet No. 4

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Photo of Sheriff Wolcott reading the Gadola injunction.

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Sheriff Wolcott reads Gadola injunction

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Photo of the National Guard arriving in Flint.

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National Guard arriving in Flint

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Photo of dancing in front of Fisher Body No. 1, Flint.

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Dancing in front of Fisher Body No. 1, Flint

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Photo of strikers reacting to the Flint Alliance.

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Strikers react to the Flint Alliance

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Photo of Robert Travis (in topcoat, with hand in pocket) in one of the Flint Fisher Body plants.

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Robert Travis (in topcoat, with hand in pocket), in one of the Flint Fisher Body plants

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Photo of Flint Fisher Body set-downers leaning out the plant windows to chat with reporters.

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Flint Fisher Body sit-downers lean out of the plant windows to chat with reporters

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Photo of Roy Reuther at the mike.

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Roy Reuther at the mike

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Photo of Bud Simons waving from Fisher Body No. 1.

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Bud Simons waving from Fisher Body No. 1

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Photo of outside Fisher Body No. 1.

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Outside Fisher Body No. 1

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Photo of the Women’s Emergency Brigade.

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Women's Emergency Brigade

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Photo of Frank Murphy and John L. Lewis.

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Frank Murphy and John L. Lewis

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Photo of showing that the strike is over. Fisher Body No. 1, Feb. 11, 1937.

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