The Flint Sit-Down Strike Audio Gallery.html

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{width="1" height="23"} {width="1" height="77"} {width="612" height="81"}   {width="1" height="59"} {width="1" height="4"} +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [{width="150" | | height="12"}](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/introduction/) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | In early 1978, Neil Leighton, a political science professor at the | | University of Michigan-Flint, went to an academic conference at Duke | | University. While there, he ran into Professor Laurence | | Goodwyn\...([more\>\>](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/introduction/)) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [Organization](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/organization/) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Working on the line at General Motors in Flint was a job many men | | needed desperately in the 1930\'s, but it was also tremendously | | difficult. Terrible working conditions, combined with unfair and | | devious payroll practices, made the auto plants of Depression-era | | Flint into ripe locations for union | | organization\...([more\>\>](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/organization | | /)) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ {width="392" height="23"} {width="74" height="185"} {width="1" height="170"} {width="1" height="15"} +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [{width="150" | | height="12"}](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/strike/) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | On the night of December 30, the majority of employees who had been | | working their shift at Fisher 1 and Fisher 2 left the plants. Some | | left only to celebrate the New Year and returned later. Others took | | up picket and food-gathering activities on the outside\... | | ([more\>\>](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/strike/)) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [Aftermath](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/aftermath/) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The strike was settled on February 11, 1937. The UAW did not win all | | of its demands, but gained an agreement from General Motors to | | recognize the union in the struck plants and to allow the union | | exclusive rights for six months to organize in the other plants. The | | company also agreed not to | | discriminate\...([more\>\>](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/aftermath/)) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ {width="32" height="362"} {width="196" height="264"} {width="184" height="140"} [AUDIO TIMELINE\ ](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/timeline-main/){.timeline}[STRIKE MAP](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/map/){.map}\ {width="1" height="89"} {width="1" height="51"} +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ::: {data-align="center"} | | [HistoricalVoices.org](http://www.historicalvoices.org/) \| | | [HOME](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/) \| | | [SEARCH](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/keyword_search/) \| | | [ABOUT](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/about/) \| | | [HELP](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/help/) \| | | [CONTACT](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/contact2/)\ | | [Introduction](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/introduction/) \| | | [Organization](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/organization/) \| | | [Strike](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/strike/) \| | | [Aftermath](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/aftermath/) \| [Audio | | timeline](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/timeline-main/){.timeline} \| | | [Strike Map](https://flint.matrix.msu.edu/map/){.map} | | ::: | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Created with support from [the National Science | | Foundation](http://www.nsf.gov/) and [National Endowment for the | | Humanities](http://www.neh.gov/) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ {width="1" height="145"} {width="24" height="1"} {width="16" height="1"} {width="126" height="1"} {width="56" height="1"} {width="87" height="1"} ::: {data-dji-sru-rewordify-popup="true"} ::: {.dji-sru-close-btn} ::: ::: {data-dji-sru-rewordify-body="true" tabindex="0"} ::: {data-dji-non-draggable="true"} ::: ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-top} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-bottom} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-left} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-right} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-top-left} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-top-right} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-bottom-right} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-bottom-left} ::: ::: {.geomCtrlContainerOverlay} ::: ::: ::: {#dji-sru-busy-state} ::: ::: {data-dji-sru-rewordify-popup="true"} ::: {.dji-sru-close-btn} ::: ::: {data-dji-sru-rewordify-body="true" tabindex="0"} ::: {data-dji-non-draggable="true"} ::: ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-top} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-bottom} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-left} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-right} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-top-left} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-top-right} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-bottom-right} ::: ::: {.dji-geom-ctrl-resize-bottom-left} ::: ::: {.geomCtrlContainerOverlay} ::: :::