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title: "General Motors Sit-Down Strike"
year: 1937
country: "United States"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1937/flint-sit-down-strike"
slug: "flint-sit-down-strike"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1936-12-30"
endDate: "1937-02-11"
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# General Motors Sit-Down Strike

> The Flint sit-down strike fundamentally shifted labor organizing tactics and secured UAW recognition, reshaping American industrial relations permanently.

## Summary

The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States. It changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the American automobile industry.

## Sources

- [General Motors Sit-Down Strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike) - Wikipedia

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