Midnight in Vehicle City : General Motors, Flint and the strike that created the middle class

Summary: "The story of the forty-four-day Flint Sit Down Strike of 1936-37, which led to the recognition of the United Auto Workers, the union whose wages and benefits set the standard for the 20th Century American middle class"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780807039670
ISBN: 0807039675
ISBN: 9780807039687
Physical Description: print
221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Vehicle City -- A stranger in town -- The Perkins boys -- "This is where the fight begins" -- The siege -- The battle of the running bulls -- The Women's Emergency Brigade -- "General Motors has double crossed us" -- Miss Perkins and Mr. Sloan -- Chevy four -- Muprhy's law -- Evacuation day -- Epilogue.