Flint sit-down strike

A strikers' orchestra in the occupied Flint plant

A strikers' orchestra in the occupied Flint plant

The Sitdown Strikes of the 1930's: From Baseball to the Bureaucracy

The sitdown strikes of the 1930's: From baseball to the bureaucracy - Jeremy Brecher

Pamphlet on sitdown strikes released by the U.S. Libertarian Socialist journal Root & Branch. The…

Roscoe Van Zandt, the only black participant of the strike inside the plant

Genora (Johnson) Dollinger Remembers the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike

An interview with Genora (Johnson) Dollinger and her recollections on the Flint Sit Down Strike of…

The CIO, 1935-1955 - Robert H. Zieger

A comprehensive, if institutional, history of the CIO, an American federation of industrial unions that organized many of the mass industries in…

The great Flint sit-down strike against GM 1936-37 - Walter Linder

A history of the Flint sit-in strike by Walter Linder, slightly abridged by Solidarity and published…

A strikers' orchestra in the occupied Flint plant

The Flint sit-down strike, 1936-1937 - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher's account of the great sit-down strike in the General Motors plants in Flint, 1936…

Punching out - Martin Glaberman

Seminal text by Marty Glaberman detailing his experiences of wildcat strikes and union policing of the workforce during the heyday of the UAW in…

Lest we forget: in tribute to the pioneers of the great Flint sit down strike - Ronda Hauben

Retrospective look at conditions workers endured prior to the Flint sit down strike…

We'll let you know when to come back - Kermit Johnson

First hand account of Kermit Johnson, rank and file chairman for the strike committee during the…

Sitdown strikers in Fisher Body

Flint 1936-7: Diary of a sitdowner

The diary of one of the striking General Motors workers who occupied their factories between December 1936 and February 1937.