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Author:

McClelland, Ted, author.

Title:

Midnight in vehicle city : General Motors, Flint, and the strike that created the middle class / Edward McClelland.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937.
Labor unions--Flint--Flint--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A stranger in town -- The perkins boys -- "This is where the fight begins" -- The siege -- The battle of the running bulls -- The women's emergency brigade -- "General Motors has double crossed us" -- Miss Perkins and Mr. Sloan -- Chevy four -- The settlement -- Evacuation day.

Summary:

"The story of the forty-four-day Flint Sit Down Strike of 1936-37, which led to the recognition of the United Auto Workers, the union whose wages and benefits set the standard for the 20th Century American middle class"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0807039675
9780807039670

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1156428972

LCCN:

2020022064

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)