The workers, members of the tiny United Automobile Workers union founded just a year prior, sought to improve brutal working conditions at mighty General Motors, the world’s largest manufacturer.
The UAW’s sit-down strike across GM plants lasted 44 days.
The 44-day strike birthed the United Auto Workers union.
The UAW is calling its new strategy a “stand up strike,” a reference to the sit-down strike that started 87 years ago, and has launched targeted strikes at selected plants.
The sit-down strike also prompted unionization and a wave of strikes in other industries.
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