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GM received a court order setting 3 February as the deadline for the workers to evacuate the plants or risk a penalty of imprisonment and fines. In response to the deadline, the workers cabled Governor Murphy explaining that "unarmed as we are, the introduction of the militia, sheriffs, or police with murderous weapons will mean a blood bath of unarmed workers. We have decided to stay in the plant." The 3 February deadline passed and Murphy refused to unleash the militia on the striking workers. President Roosevelt intervened and requested the continuation of negotiations between the union and GM, so for another week the strikers held the plant until an agreement was reached on 11 February 1937. As a result of the sit-down, GM recognized the UAW as the bargaining agent for the workers, and this opened the way for a collective bargaining agreement. William S. Knudsen, the antiunion...
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