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December 30, 1936
On December 30, 1936, the Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors. Wilfried Martens, Robert F. Overmyer, Bert Sugar would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 30, 1936
The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.
The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States. It changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the American automobile industry.
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The year in brief
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1936th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 936th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1930s decade.
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On December 30, 1936
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1936 The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors. 1936–37 labor strike at the General Motors plant in Michigan
The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States. It changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the American automobile industry.
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Other moments from 1936
- April 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
- April 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
- April 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- April 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
- April 5 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
- April 6 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
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