The ‘Sit-Down Strike’ that brought General Motors to its knees: Three workers remember

This article is part of the People’s World 100th Anniversary Series. At 8 p.m. on Dec. 30, 1936, in one of America’s first sit-down strikes, autoworkers occupied the General Motors Fisher Body Plant in Flint, Mich. The autoworkers were striking to win recognition of the United Auto Workers (UAW) as their bargaining agent and to force … Continue reading The ‘Sit-Down Strike’ that brought General Motors to its knees: Three workers remember