Flint sit-down strike

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The Flint sit-down strike was a pivotal 1936–1937 labor action by autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, that led to General Motors recognizing the United Auto Workers union and marked a turning point in American labor history.

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Generate an image of the Flint sit-down strike (The Flint sit-down strike was a pivotal 1936–1937 labor action by autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, that led to General Motors recognizing the United Auto Workers union and marked a turning point in American labor history.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Flint sit-down strike canonical 4
Fisher Body sit-down strikes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
labor dispute ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
sit-down strike ⓘ
aftermath increased political influence of organized labor in the late 1930s ⓘ
spread of sit-down strikes to other industries ⓘ
cause demand for union recognition by General Motors ⓘ
job insecurity and speed-up on assembly lines ⓘ
poor working conditions in GM plants ⓘ
city Flint ⓘ
linked to: Flint, Michigan
country United States ⓘ
employerInvolved Chevrolet ⓘ
Fisher Body ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
endDate 1937-02-11 ⓘ
governmentResponse deployment of Michigan National Guard to Flint ⓘ
industry automobile industry ⓘ
involvedGroup autoworkers employed by General Motors ⓘ
members of the United Auto Workers ⓘ
legalContext contested legality of sit-down strikes in the United States ⓘ
location Flint, Michigan ⓘ
Genesee County, Michigan ⓘ
mainTargetFacility Chevrolet Plant No. 4 ⓘ
Fisher Body Plant No. 1 ⓘ
Fisher Body Plant No. 2 ⓘ
notableLeader Homer Martin ⓘ
John L. Lewis ⓘ
Roy Reuther ⓘ
Victor Reuther ⓘ
Walter Reuther ⓘ
opponent General Motors management ⓘ
linked to: General Motors

Michigan state government authorities ⓘ
relatedTo National Labor Relations Act ⓘ
New Deal labor policy ⓘ
history of the United Auto Workers ⓘ
result General Motors recognition of the United Auto Workers ⓘ
collective bargaining agreement between GM and UAW ⓘ
improved wages and working conditions for GM workers ⓘ
increased unionization in the auto industry ⓘ
rapid growth of the United Auto Workers ⓘ
strengthening of industrial unionism in the United States ⓘ
significance key event in the rise of the CIO ⓘ
major victory for industrial unionism ⓘ
turning point in American labor history ⓘ
startDate 1936-12-30 ⓘ
state Michigan ⓘ
tacticUsed occupation of factories ⓘ
sit-down in production facilities ⓘ
unionInvolved Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
United Auto Workers ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Flint, Michigan → associatedEvent → Flint sit-down strike ⓘ
American labor movement → hasKeyEvent → Flint sit-down strike ⓘ
Fisher Body → notableFor → Fisher Body sit-down strikes ⓘ
linked to: Flint sit-down strike
Fisher Body → associatedWithEvent → Flint sit-down strike ⓘ
Congress of Industrial Organizations → notableEvent → Flint sit-down strike ⓘ
subject linked to: CIO