Midnight in Vehicle City: Modern Lessons From the Flint Sit-Down Strike

Tales from the Reuther Library
14/08/2021 34 min
Midnight in Vehicle City: Modern Lessons From the Flint Sit-Down Strike

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Edward McClelland recounts the gripping details of the Flint sit-down strike, and considers what we can learn today from the strikers’ successful fight for shared prosperity in 1936-1937. McClelland is a journalist, historian, and author of Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint, and the Strike That Built the Middle Class. Related Collections: Flint Labor … Continue reading Midnight in Vehicle City: Modern Lessons From the Flint Sit-Down Strike

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