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Flint Sit-Down Strike (1936)Dec 30th, 1936
On this day in 1936, auto workers at the GM Fisher Number One Plant in Flint, Michigan began a highly organized 44-day occupation of their factory, winning a 5% wage increase and an extremely successful recruitment drive for the UAW.
Image: Sit-down strikers guarding window entrance to Fisher body plant number three. Photo by Sheldon Dick, 1937.
Idaho Governor Assassinated (1905)Dec 30th, 1905
On this day in 1905, Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg, who had arrested striking workers and detained them without trial, was assassinated by a bomb outside his home. Three labor leaders were charged, but all were acquitted.