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44 Days in Flint: The Strike That Took Over General Motors
Season 7
Episode 20
Published 2 months ago
Description
In the winter of 1936-37, General Motors workers in Flint, Michigan, did something radical: they stopped working and refused to leave the factories.
For 44 days, workers occupied key GM plants while police, courts, company officials, Michigan Gov. Frank Murphy and the National Guard tried to determine how the standoff would end. Women organized emergency brigades, violence erupted outside Fisher Body Plant No. 2, and union leaders pulled off a clever decoy that helped workers seize the critical Chevrolet Plant No. 4.
In this Labor Day weekend episode of End of the Road in Michigan, we tell the story of the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the people who risked their jobs to challenge one of the most powerful corporations in America, and the agreement that helped transform organized labor in the auto industry.It is a Michigan story about factories, power, cold winter nights and 44 days that changed American labor history.
The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications
This episode includes AI-generated content.
For 44 days, workers occupied key GM plants while police, courts, company officials, Michigan Gov. Frank Murphy and the National Guard tried to determine how the standoff would end. Women organized emergency brigades, violence erupted outside Fisher Body Plant No. 2, and union leaders pulled off a clever decoy that helped workers seize the critical Chevrolet Plant No. 4.
In this Labor Day weekend episode of End of the Road in Michigan, we tell the story of the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the people who risked their jobs to challenge one of the most powerful corporations in America, and the agreement that helped transform organized labor in the auto industry.It is a Michigan story about factories, power, cold winter nights and 44 days that changed American labor history.
The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications
This episode includes AI-generated content.