CLEP US History II

Category - Labor

Which labor strike transformed the United Auto Workers labor union into one of the most powerful unions in the country and led to full-scale unionization of the auto industry?
  1. Detroit Motor Strike of 1958
  2. Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936
  3. San Francisco Streetcar Strike of 1907
  4. General Motors Strike of 2007
  5. Pullman Strike of 1894
Explanation
Answer: B - Following the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936, the auto industry became fully unionized, and United Auto Workers became one of the most powerful industry unions in the United States. The strike occurred in the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan-the heart of the American auto industry. UAW had only formed a year before the strike occurred, and autoworkers were not an especially strong labor union at the time. But the union’s success in gaining a collective-bargaining agreement catapulted them to a position of prominence in the labor sector.
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