At First, These Images Look Like a Bunch of Lazy Workers. But Then, You See They’re Actually Heroes

http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/At-First-These-Images-Look-Like-a-Bunch-of-Lazy-Workers.-But-Then-You-See-They-re-Actually-Heroes


09/21/2014Mike Hall and Brandon Weber



The 1936 sit-down strike at General Motor’s Flint, Mich., plant was a pivotal event in the establishment of workers’ rights and power in the United States and the growth of the UAW. This installment of Upworthy’s miniseries on labor history examines the strike that it calls a turning point and game changer for workers and their unions. Read it here: http://www.upworthy.com/at-first-these-images-look-like-a-bunch-of-lazy-workers-but-then-you-see-theyre-actually-heroes?c

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