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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.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2052372~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  331.8928292 MCC    AVAILABLE
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Description 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) 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.
Subject General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937.
Labor unions -- Michigan -- Flint -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780807039670 (hardcover)
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