Fisher Body

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Fisher Body was a major American automobile body manufacturer that became a key division of General Motors and played a central role in early 20th-century auto industry labor history.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Fisher Body Company 8
Fisher Body canonical 6
Fisher Body Division 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile body manufacturer ⓘ
division of General Motors ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Flint sit-down strike ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization General Motors ⓘ
United Auto Workers ⓘ
becameDivisionOf General Motors ⓘ
brandElement Body by Fisher door sill plate ⓘ
carriage logo ⓘ
contributedTo growth of General Motors ⓘ
mass production of closed car bodies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicImpact significant employer in the American auto industry ⓘ
foundedBy Charles Fisher ⓘ
Fred Fisher ⓘ
hasReputationFor high-volume body production for GM brands ⓘ
hasType manufacturing company division ⓘ
headquartersLocation Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
historicalRole important employer in Midwestern industrial cities ⓘ
key division in GM’s vertically integrated production system ⓘ
major supplier of bodies to General Motors ⓘ
industry automotive industry ⓘ
coachbuilding ⓘ
laborRelations collective bargaining with United Auto Workers ⓘ
site of major strikes in the 1930s ⓘ
notableFor Fisher Body sit-down strikes ⓘ
labor relations with United Auto Workers ⓘ
role in early 20th-century auto industry labor history ⓘ
operatedIn Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland

Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit

Flint, Michigan ⓘ
various plants in the United States ⓘ
parentOrganization General Motors ⓘ
partOf American auto industry supply chain ⓘ
General Motors body manufacturing operations ⓘ
product automobile bodies ⓘ
carriage bodies ⓘ
closed automobile bodies ⓘ
suppliedTo Buick ⓘ
Cadillac ⓘ
Chevrolet ⓘ
Oldsmobile ⓘ
Pontiac ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
mid 20th century ⓘ
usedTrademark Body by Fisher ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fisher Tank Arsenal → operatedBy → Fisher Body Division ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
New Center area of Detroit → historicallyAssociatedWith → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
M10 tank destroyer → manufacturer → General Motors Fisher Body Division ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
Fisher Building → namedAfter → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
DH-4 → manufacturer → Fisher Body ⓘ
Fisher P-75 Eagle → manufacturer → Fisher Body Division ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
Fisher P-75 Eagle → developedBy → Fisher Body Division ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
Body by Fisher → associatedWith → Fisher Body ⓘ
Body by Fisher → divisionOf → Fisher Body ⓘ
Fred Fisher → notableWork → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
Fred Fisher → employer → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
General Motors → majorSupplier → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Fred Fisher
linked to: Fisher Body
Charles Fisher → notableWork → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
Charles Fisher → employer → Fisher Body ⓘ
Charles Fisher → hasEmployer → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body
Charles Fisher → associatedWith → Fisher Body Company ⓘ
linked to: Fisher Body