form a nationwide strike against General Motors, workers used the tactic of the sit down strike. It was "the longest strike against a major manufacturer"...
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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...
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The 2019 General Motors strike began September 15, 2019, with the walkout of 48,000 United Automobile Workers from some 50 plants in the United States...
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The 2007 General Motors Strike was a labor union strike that lasted three days from September 23 to September 25, 2007, organized by the United Auto Workers...
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at Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. To achieve its goals, UAW has engaged in strike action; from November 1945 to March 1946, UAW went...
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British Columbia, and Ladson, South Carolina). Originally an entity of General Motors, DaimlerChrysler acquired Detroit Diesel, integrating its operations...
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November 21, 1945, until March 13, 1946, (113 days) the UAW organized "320,000 hourly workers" to form a US-wide strike against the General Motors Corporation...
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Charleston Cigar Factory strike 1945–1946 General Motors strike 1945–1946 Senegal general strike United States strike wave of 1945–1946 1946 Haitian Revolution...
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The history of General Motors (GM), one of the world's largest car and truck manufacturers, dates back more than a century and involves a vast scope of...
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Volkswagen and unions (section 1980 Strike)
opened, UAW workers staged a wildcat strike at Westmoreland for salaries equal to those received by General Motors employees. Picketing workers chanted...
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Tesla and unions (redirect from 2023 Tesla Sweden strike)
historic strike on October 27, 2023, which expanded when other Swedish, Danish and Norwegian unions joined by initiating their own solidarity strikes. This...
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United Auto Workers (section 2023 strike)
Houghton Mifflin. Bernstein, Barton J. "Walter Reuther and the General Motors Strike of 1945-1946" Michigan History (1965) 49#3 pp 260–277. Borden, Timothy...
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The 99-day Ford strike of 1945 took place in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, from September 12, 1945, to December 19, 1945. Although several union demands were...
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The General Motors Motorama was an auto show staged by GM from 1949 to 1961. These automobile extravaganzas were designed to whet public appetite and boost...
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2009-06-29. "General Motors Sells Strasbourg Plant to Punch Metals International". 22 December 2012. "Sale of GM Rayong Plant to Great Wall Motors Confirmed"...
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labor strikes, including a United Auto Workers strike against Ford and General Motors in 1945, a United Mine Workers strike starting in April 1946, and...
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Timothy J. (April 2022). ""A Gallant Fight": The UAW and the 1970 General Motors Strike". International Review of Social History. 68 (1): 41–73. doi:10...
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The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing...
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GMC (automobile) (redirect from GMC (General Motors division))
control of Rapid Motor Vehicle Company and made it a subsidiary of his General Motors Company. In 1911, General Motors formed the "General Motors Truck Company"...
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The American-based international automotive conglomerate General Motors (GM) underpins its many vehicle models with various platforms. These platforms...
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Flint strike and the ensuing agreement are seen as the beginning of increased legitimacy for the UAW. Beginning in May 1939, the UAW-CIO General Motors Department...
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Vauxhall Motors Limited to General Motors UK Limited on 16 April 2008, reverted to Vauxhall Motors Limited on 18 September 2017. "Vauxhall Motors". Vauxhall...
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against General Motors The Strike wave of 1945–46, also the great strike wave of 1946, the largest strikes in American labor history List of strikes This...
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Crossley Motors was an English motor vehicle manufacturer based in Manchester, England. It produced approximately 19,000 cars from 1904 until 1938, 5...
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Center Strikes 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike 1939 tools and die strike 1939 Chrysler Strike 1945 Ford Strike 1945–1946 General Motors strike 1979–1980...
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Holden (redirect from General Motors Holden)
Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. Founded in Adelaide, South Australia, it was...
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UAW-Ford University (category Ford Motor Company)
with the National Program Center of the United Auto Workers Union and Ford Motor Company. Its goal is to facilitate the college educations of UAW bargained...
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General Motors New Zealand Limited, formerly Holden New Zealand Limited, is a subsidiary of General Motors that distributes GM' motor vehicles, engines...
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Chevrolet (redirect from Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company)
division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant...
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primarily to boats with General Motors engines, but some Fairbanks-Morse boats received General Electric motors. Allis-Chalmers motors were to be used in SS-530...
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