Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937
Subject
Subject Source: Reuther Taxonomy
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Reuther Oral History
Item — Box Individual Oral Histories Box 3: O-Si, Item: 7
Identifier: LOH002303
Abstract
In 1966, University of Michigan professor of history Sidney Fine interviewed union leader and political activist Roy Reuther. Collection consists of the interview transcript about the 1936-1937 Flint Sit-down Strike.
Dates:
1966-07-12
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
/
Roy Reuther Oral History
Wyndham Mortimer Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001171
Abstract
As United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice-President, Wyndham Mortimer worked to organize the employees of General Motors Fisher Body Plant, which led to the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937, and later participated in the negotiations that achieved the first UAW-GM contract. Mr. Mortimer was active in factional struggles within the UAW as a leader of the Unity Caucus and was ultimately expelled from the UAW with charges of Communist allegiance. Mr. Mortimer’s papers document his work in the UAW,...
Dates:
1943 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
/
Wyndham Mortimer Papers