# Canonical recap data for General Motors Sit-Down Strike (1937)
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slug: flint-sit-down-strike
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1937/flint-sit-down-strike"
title: General Motors Sit-Down Strike
subtitle: The Flint sit-down strike fundamentally shifted labor organizing tactics and secured UAW recognition, reshaping American industrial relations permanently.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1936-12-30
endDate: 1937-02-11
datePrecision: day
year: 1937
decade: 1930
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: 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 indu
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flint_Sit-Down_Strike_window.jpg/1280px-Flint_Sit-Down_Strike_window.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Flint sit-down strike"
importance: 85
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike"
  title: General Motors Sit-Down Strike
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
- war
metaDescription: 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 Moto
wikidataQid: Q3118399
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260626051344/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-26
  label: General Motors Sit-Down Strike
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike"
taxonomy:
domain: social_movement
eventTypes:
- protest
canonicalClasses:
- mobilization
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: emergent
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
