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- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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 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:
- 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 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Worker at Chevrolet Plant No. 8, he discusses working conditions and 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