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- Description:
- He discusses the sit-down strike at Chevrolet Plant No. 4 or Fisher Body Plant No. 2
- Date Issued:
- 1984-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work history, his activity during the Sit-Down Strike, including shutting down Chevrolet 4, attitudes of Hungarians towards unionism
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his personal and work history, including employment at Ford Motor Company; he worked at Chevrolet 10 at the time of the Sit-Down Strike and describes the Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his personal history, his work history at Fisher 1, and his involvement as a member of the strike committee at Fisher 1; his participation in the anti-Communist faction and afterwards in the AFL, Homer Martin faction; his investigation of the Black Legion; his wife Elsie comments on her activity during the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses her experiences as an employee at the Pengelly Building; making sandwiches for the strikers; attitudes toward Communists; dances at the Pengelly Building.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his personal history, his involvement with political groups before the Sit-Down Strike, the Sit-Down Strike itself, and post-strike conditions and union politics
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher Body Plant No. 2, he discusses the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses moving to Flint in 1918 and working at the foundry at Buick Motor Division
- Date Issued:
- 1980-07-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Sheet-metal draftsman at Chevrolet Plant No. 7, he discusses the sit-down strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-03-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work history, first at the Buick foundry, then at Chevrolet 4, where he worked during the strike. He describes the sit-down at Chevrolet 4 and the changes after the strike. He did not continue working in the automobile factories.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Leader of the strike at Standard Cotton Products Company, he discusses his activities in UAW Local 599
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- General Secretary for Michigan of the Communist Party of the United States during the Sit-Down Strike and later General Secretary of the CPUSA, he critiques various analyses of the Strike, discusses the local political situations in Flint and Detroit, Mortimer's organizing, the role of the Communist Party, and events after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A Flint teenager during the Strike, she recalls events and discusses the attitudes of her policeman brother-in-law and her sister, who acted as a spokesman for General Motors
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Oklahoma native and Buick worker, he discusses his personal and work history, including conditions at Buick before and during the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-09-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Chevrolet 4, he recalls the Sit-Down Strike and his work history
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An African-American, he discusses his personal work history as a strikebreaker in Houston, Texas; as an organizer of foundry workers at Buick; relations between blacks and European immigrants;
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Chevrolet 4, he describes his earlier experiences as a member of the IWW and Proletarian Party as well as his memories of the Sit-Down Strike and its aftermath; his wife Pearl recalls her experiences during the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his work history and the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A manager at Saginaw Malleable, he discusses the sit-down strike
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher Body Plant No. 1 during the Sit-Down Strike, he opines about the causes of the strike and its aftermath
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A former Buick employee and Communist Party member, he discusses the UAW, labor organizing in Flint, and a variety of other topics
- Date Issued:
- 1981-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses her husband Howard Foster and his activities, of the socialist groups in Flint, organizing teachers in Flint
- Date Issued:
- 1979-06-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses working conditions at Chevrolet Plant No. 4, early organizing, the sit-down strike there, and changes after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker in the Paint Department of Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses the 1930 and 1934 strikes, the Sit-Down Strikes, and post-strike union politics
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Chevrolet Plant No. 4, he discusses the Sit-Down Strike, in which he was active in the takeover of Plant No. 9
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A retired Chevrolet Plant No. 4 worker, he discusses his Missouri upbringing, welfare during the Depression, working conditions, and socialism
- Date Issued:
- 1984-07-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Chevrolet Plant No. 5 during the sit-down strike, he briefly discusses working conditions before the strike and what he recalls of the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1990-04-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Owner of a machine tool business in Saginaw, he criticizes unions and the governor for failure to maintain order
- Date Issued:
- 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses pre-strike working conditions and lack of accident payments and discusses the sit-down strike
- Date Issued:
- 1982-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He briefly discusses working conditions before the strike, the strike itself, and conditions after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1982-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He talks about conditions in Standard Cotton Products Co. and the sit-down strike there and the conditions afterward
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Arc welder at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses attending organizing meetings and the sit-down strike itself
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work at Fisher 1; during the strike, he went home and did not participate. Lena was a Buick office employee who sympathized with the company
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his personal history, including encounters with the IWW in Minnesota; involvement in the Socialist Party and in organizing the unemployed and workers. He also discusses his work in the Sit-Down Strike at Chevrolet 9
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A Flint city policeman, he describes the Sit-Down Strike from the perspective of the police
- Date Issued:
- 1985-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Chevrolet Plant No. 4, he describes working conditions before and after the Sit-Down Strike and discusses the strike itself
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee in the paint department of Fisher 1, he discusses the sit-down there, resisting the influence of Robert Travis,.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Worker at Chevrolet Plant No. 4, he discusses working conditions before the strike, the Sit-Down Strike itself, and union politics following the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A tack spitter at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his personal and work history, desribes working conditions and the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-07-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- The mother of a sit-down striker, she discusses her work experience at AC Spark Plug, attitudes towards Communists, neighbors' attitudes towards strikers
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Malone, a Communist employee of Chevrolet Plant No. 4, discusses the Sit-Down Strike with Henry Kraus, who also discusses his memories of the Strike; they mention the anti-Communist drive led by Walter Reuther, Kermit Johnson and the strike at Plant 4, the first blacks to work on assembly, and political factions in the Flint unions
- Date Issued:
- 1986-07-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses activities during the Sit-Down Strike and working conditions and describes differences with Buick
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Worker at Chevrolet Plant No. 2, he discusses the sit-down strike, especially at Chevroluet Plant No. 4 and Fisher Plant No. 2.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She talks of conditions at AC Spark Plug Division, where she was an employee from 1929; her husband Melvin discusses his work history as a railroad machinist and then as an employee of Chevrolet Plant No. 6; they talk of activities in those plants during the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-06-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher 1, he describes his personal history, working conditions before the strike, the first organizing attempts, and the Sit-Down Strike itself
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses her family's and husband's involvement in the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He recalls the Sit-Down Strike from his perspective as a policeman, the coming of the National Guard, and his experience as a worker at Chevrolet Plant No. 4.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A tool and die maker and labor organizer at the Fisher Body Coit Road plant in Cleveland, he discusses the sit-down strike that occurred there in 1936 and the organizing that had occurred there
- Date Issued:
- 1978-12-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Chevrolet Plant No. 4, he discusses his work history and conditions, the Sit-Down Strike, and post-strike conditions
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A Flint teenager during the Strike, she recalls events and discusses the attitudes of her policeman brother-in-law and her sister, who acted as a spokesman for General Motors
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his experience at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, after he came to Flint in 1934. He talks about early organizing attempts. He served on the strike committee during the strike and describes morale and routine activity and attitudes toward the left wing.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Chevrolet Plant No. 8, he discusses his work history, events at his plant during the Sit-Down Strike, effects afterward, and post-strike union politics
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work history, coming to Buick in 1930 to work in the foundry; the black community in Flint; relations between whites and blacks; organizing black labor; church relations; and Henry Clark.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker in the paint department of Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses the sit-down strike there
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He describes his work history, starting in 1930 at Chevrolet Plant No. 4, attending organizing meetings in 1936; and the Sit-Down Strike; attitudes towards left-wingers; the post-strike factional split
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An oil sander at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his work and personal history, the Sit-Down Strike, and post-strike conditions
- Date Issued:
- 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Chevrolet Plant No. 5, he discusses the Sit-Down Strike in Chevrolet Plant No. 4.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He was an apprentice at Chevrolet Plant No. 4 at the time of the strike; he gives his personal history and describes lukewarm feelings towards unionization; he thought working conditions better at AC Spark Plug than Chevrolet or Fisher; he makes many more observations about working conditions at various Flint plants.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses the Sit-Down Strike in Fisher No. 1 and his duty as patrolman; his work history; his personal history, and further details of the strike, such as Sheriff Wolcott's reading of the injunction
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A press operator at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he describes sitting down during the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An African American worker in the Buick foundry, he talks about organizing a union in 1929; about GM using blacks as strikebreakers; about his activity in the Communist Party and of others in Flint and the Detroit area, including after World War II; and about his personal history.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses working conditions at Fisher Body Plant No. 2 and at lumber camps in Minnesota
- Date Issued:
- 1982-12-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Worker in the Trim Department of Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses working conditions before the strike, the strike itself, and post-strike conditions
- Date Issued:
- 1982-07-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A metal finisher at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses the sit-down strike as well as early experiences at Hayes Body
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher Plant No. 1, he discusses organizing for the AFL, the 1930 strike, post-strike factionalism in the UAW; and the Sit-Down Strike.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Fisher Body Plant No. 2, he discusses working conditions before the strike, the strike itself, and conditions afterward
- Date Issued:
- 1982-04-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his involvement in the Sit-Down Strike as an organizer sent by the Socialist Party, the Daily Strike Bulletin; Genora comments about Flint Socialists; Fish's organizing dry cleaning workers in Flint, and Genora discusses the Women's Emergency Brigade. He recalls his experiences at Brookwood Labor College
- Date Issued:
- 1975-05-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Striker at Standard Cotton Products
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work as a Buick and employee of Fisher 1 and his picket duty during the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-07-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Chevrolet Plant No. 9, he discusses his work history, the Sit-Down Strike, and post-strike union politics
- Date Issued:
- 1980-05-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- The wife and mother of strikers during the Sit-Down Strike, she discusses the Women's Auxiliary and activities during the strike, such as cooking.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he recalls the Sit-Down Strike and his delay in joining the union
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A striker at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work history at Fisher Plant No. 1 and the Sit-Down Strike there
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Wife of a striker in Fisher Body Plant No. 1 and operator of a dairy bar in Flint, she discusses conditions during the Depression in Flint
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Fisher Body Plant No. 2, he discusses the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his personal and work history, the Sit-Down Strike, and Civic Park
- Date Issued:
- 1980-06-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Chevrolet 8, he describes what he saw of the Sit-Down Strike, conditions in Chevrolet and attitudes towards unions
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his career as an elective or appointed officer in the UAW, unionization at Buick, attitudes towards unions by religious people and ethnic groups, Communists, Catholic trade unionists, working conditions at Buick, the AFL company unions, Chevrolet's hiring of people from Missouri, Mott Foundation, Plant-City Committee, unionization efforts at A. G. Redmond in Owosso, the Industrial Mutual Association, Consumers Power strike, and race relations among Buick workers.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Fisher Body Plant No. 2, he discusses his work history, organizing the union, the Sit-Down Strike, of which he was a leader in his plant, post-strike unioin politics, and his and others' experience in coming to Flint and getting hired
- Date Issued:
- 1980-07-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He describes his work history and his involvement in the Sit-Down Strike from Chevrolet 2A, as a member of the security patrol
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Editor of the Flint Auto Worker and author of the first book about the strike, he discusses the operation of his newspaper, his views of the strike organization; Dorothy Kraus discusses the organization of the strike kitchen and of women in general; he discusses UAW politics during and after the strike.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses the Industrial Avenue neighborhood, where her Jewish immigrant parents ran a bakery, and their attitudes towards the strike. She taught at Northern High School and was involved in the teachers' union.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- The retired left-wing Chevrolet worker discusses the International Workers of the World, left-wing movements, and the sit-down strike leaders
- Date Issued:
- 1992-05-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Widow of Jeremiah (Jerry)Aldred, a strike leader at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, later secretary-treasurer of the international UAW, discusses her memories of the sit-down strike and UAW politics after the strike.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses poor conditions at Chevrolet 4 and the need for a union, although he was neutral; discusses A. G. Redmond, in Owosso
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses the activity of her late husband, Paul Gadola, Circuit Court judge, during the Sit-Down Strike, the threats, American Legion supporters, protection for Harlow Curtice's children, and his attitudes towards unions and General Motors
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Employee at Fisher Plant No. 1, he discusses organizing attempts before the strike and the Sit-Down Strike itself
- Date Issued:
- 1980-07-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses her work history at AC Spark Plug Division, the Sit-Down Strike, and her activity in the UAW after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-07-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work at Standard Cotton Products and the sit-down strike there
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses the founding of the Women's Emergency Briage and her involvement in that group and the UAW Women's Auxiliary
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Fisher 1, he discusses working conditions before and after the strike, the strike itself, and also attitudes towards Catholics.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work as an organizer of the unemployed, 1935; his personal history in the United Mine Workers; and the Sit-Down Strike.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- [Distorted, inaudible tapes]
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses the role of women in the Sit-Down Strike, including the Women's Emergency Brigade, attending meetings, and working in the kitchen; he talks about the takeover of Chevrolet Plant No. 4, the organizers in Flint, and criticize's Victor Reuther's book.
- Date Issued:
- 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He reads his "History of the Drive to Organize UAW Local 599 (Buick)"; he held organizing meetings in his home; describes a fight with his foreman that was supported by the union and his department
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Owner of a clothing store, he discusses his business, support for the strikers, and other topics
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses the Sit-Down Strike in Fisher No. 1, his early union experience, and similar.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She, the wife of an employee of Fisher Body Plant No. 1, discusses the 1930 strike there and the Sit-Down Strike, in which her husband participated
- Date Issued:
- 1979-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He describes working at Chevrolet Plant No. 6 and having little awareness of union activity.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project