White Shirt Day commemorates the end of the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-37, a 44-day battle of wills between General Motors and blue-collar workers. The workers sat down on the assembly line at ...

Roscoe Van Zandt, said to be the only black in Flint's Sit-Down Strike, was picked to carry the flag when victorious workers walked out of Plant 4. (MLive.com File Photo) FLINT, MI – Dan Reyes ...

FLINT, MI — UAW leaders paid tribute to those who participated in the Flint Sit-Down Strike on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 88 years ...

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The strike started in late Dec. 1936 and ended on Feb. 11, 1937 - lasting 44 days. Eighty-five years ago today, the Flint sit-down strike occurred. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays ...

The sit-down strike began Dec. 30, 1936, at one of Flint's GM plants, Fisher Body 1. Strikes in those days had typically been protests outside the plants, but workers there protested by occupying ...

During the final days of 1936, about 50 autoworkers at General Motors shut down their machines at Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Michigan, and sat down. The workers, members of the tiny United ...

Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union donned white shirts on Friday, Feb. 9 in honor of the 1930s Flint sit down strike. By WNEM Digital Published : Feb. 9, 2024 at 6:47 PM EST ...

Flint is no stranger to union activity. The Sit-Down strike in 1936 is regarded as one of the most important work stoppages of the 20th century, and was a breakthrough for both the United Auto ...

RASCOE: So this is a union that was born out of a strike - a work stoppage at GM in the 1930s in Flint, Mich. Tell us about that time. GONYEA: It was 1936 when the famous sit-down strike took ...

White Shirt Day remembers the workers who took part in the Flint sit-down strike. It ended on Feb. 11, 1937, establishing the UAW as the official bargaining representative for General Motors ...