1937 - USA Strikes: Chevrolet, Flint No. 1 Sit-In, 11Jan37
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01:09:05 MLS Men at night walking across field / vacant lot in overcoats w/ smoke drifting across. Many striking workers looking out of Chevrolet automobile assembly plane windows, waving sticks.
01:09:18 Man & woman posing beside overturned car; men beside other cars, smoke drifting. Chevrolet sign (almost out of sight).
01:09:30 MCU men posing, holding flares, beside wrecked car.
Labor Disputes; Labor Unions; United Auto Workers; Strikers; Strikes; Depression;
NOTE: UAW struck Cleveland, Ohio Fisher body plant on 30Dec36. Then initiated a sit in at the Fisher #1 plant in Flint, Michigan where the police tried to enter the plant on 11Jan37 but after six hours withdrew. In February National Guard troops would be sent.
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1937 - USA Strikes: Chevrolet, Flint No. 1 Sit-In, 11Jan37 Title. 01:09:05 MLS Men at night walking across field / vacant lot in overcoats w/ smoke drifting across. Many striking workers looking out of Chevrolet automobile assembly plane windows, waving sticks. 01:09:18 Man & woman posing beside overturned car; men beside other cars, smoke drifting. Chevrolet sign (almost out of sight). 01:09:30 MCU men posing, holding flares, beside wrecked car. Labor Disputes; Labor Unions; United Auto Workers; Strikers; Strikes; Depression; NOTE: UAW struck Cleveland, Ohio Fisher body plant on 30Dec36. Then initiated a sit in at the Fisher #1 plant in Flint, Michigan where the police tried to enter the plant on 11Jan37 but after six hours withdrew. In February National Guard troops would be sent.