The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.

Flint sit-down strike

1936–37 labor strike at the General Motors plant in Michigan

The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States. It changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of…