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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:center
gptkb:trade_unionist
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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documentaries
historical markers in Flint, Michigan
labor history books
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:endDate
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1937-02-11
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gptkbp:followedBy
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spread of sit-down strikes in other industries
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Flint Sit-Down Strike
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gptkbp:influenced
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labor movement in the United States
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Flint,_Michigan
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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gptkb:radio_station
national newspapers
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gptkbp:notableFor
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major turning point in U.S. labor history
use of sit-down strike tactic
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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police
General Motors management
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gptkbp:organizedBy
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gptkb:United_Auto_Workers
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gptkbp:participants
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gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Homer_Martin
gptkb:Robert_Travis
gptkb:Charles_F._Kettering
gptkb:John_L._Lewis
about 2,000
Governor Frank Murphy
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gptkbp:precededBy
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earlier sit-down strikes in the 1930s
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Great_Depression
growth of industrial unions
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gptkbp:result
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recognition of United Auto Workers by General Motors
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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first major contract between UAW and GM
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gptkbp:significance
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helped establish collective bargaining rights
strengthened labor unions in the U.S.
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gptkbp:startDate
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1936-12-30
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:United_Auto_Workers
local community
workers' families
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gptkbp:target
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gptkb:General_Motors
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Flint
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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