Ford Strike (29 agos 1935 año – 1 ene 1941 año)
Descripción:
What: Attempts to Unionise United Automobile Workers (UAW) and organise strikes.
Where: Flint Michigan/Also nation-wide.
Why: To improve wages and conditions at Ford factories.
How: Ford factory hired thugs to beat union officials and lawyers to counter-sue the workers National Labour Board. Workers staged sit-downs to protest Ford.
Outcome: UAW won in 1941 and got better wages and conditions. However, it worsened the general American mood against Unions..
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fecha:
29 agos 1935 año
1 ene 1941 año
~ 5 years and 4 months