General Motors Sit-Down Strike

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:affectedIndustry	Automobile manufacturing
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Flint_Sit-Down_Strike
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1937-02-11
gptkbp:followedBy	Wave of sit-down strikes in other industries
gptkbp:governmentResponse	Involvement of Michigan National Guard
gptkbp:governorDuringStrike	gptkb:Frank_Murphy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	Catalyst for growth of industrial unionism in the U.S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Motors Sit-Down Strike
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:Walter_Reuther gptkb:Robert_Travis gptkb:John_L._Lewis
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Flint,_Michigan
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	National and international press
gptkbp:method	gptkb:Sit-down_strike
gptkbp:negotiationLocation	gptkb:Hotel_Durant,_Flint,_Michigan
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Occupation_of_Fisher_Body_Plant_No._1 gptkb:Occupation_of_Fisher_Body_Plant_No._2
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:General_Motors gptkb:United_Auto_Workers
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:United_Auto_Workers
gptkbp:participants	about 2,000
gptkbp:precededBy	Earlier labor unrest in the auto industry
gptkbp:result	Improved working conditions Union recognition Wage increases
gptkbp:significance	Major victory for labor unions in the United States
gptkbp:startDate	1936-12-30
gptkbp:target	gptkb:General_Motors
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sit-Down:_The_General_Motors_Strike_of_1936-1937
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6