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- 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:
- 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:
- 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 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- [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:
- An employee of the Standard Cotton Products Company, he discusses the sit-down strike there
- Date Issued:
- 1980-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- The wife and mother of Sit-Down strikers, she discusses her involvement in the Women's Auxiliary, her husband's union activity, life during the Depression, neighbors' attitudes, etc.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-06-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A junior high school teacher at the time of the strike, he discusses his personal experience with organizing and community attitudes regarding the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Striker at Standard Cotton Products
- Date Issued:
- 1980-08-25T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- 1980-04-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- The elderly couple, Macedonian natives who came to Flint in 1925 where they ran a bakery, discuss their families' role in the Balkan War of 1912, the Macedonian community in Flint when they arrived, the organization of the Bulgarian-Macedonian Workers Education Club, a social and leftist educational club; her activity in the UAW Women's Auxiliary.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-05-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses her husband, a worker at Fisher 1, that the strike was well planned
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-25T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- 1980-06-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He was a realtor and developer in Flint since 1922; he criticizes GM management's incompetence and sympathizes with workers' demands, comments that Buick's management was the best in Flint.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-02T00:00:00Z
- 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 the 1934 strike as well as the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of AC Spark Plug Division starting in 1934, she discusses working conditions there, events during the Sit-Down Strike, and working conditions after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-08-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work history in Flint at Chevrolet and Buick and early attempts at labor organizing, the AFL company unions, organizing at Buick, and post-strike factionalism.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A Missouri native, he worked at Chevrolet Plant No. 4 and describes working conditions before and after the strike and union affairs since that time
- Date Issued:
- 1981-07-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Employee in Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he helped with food operation during the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project