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In 1935 automobile-plant workers in Michigan reached the limit of their patience with conditions in their plants. Both the CIO and the United Auto Workers had been hamstrung by the reluctance of the employers to reach an agreement. At meetings convened by the unions' leadership, a proposal to strike was approved, but it was postponed pending further attempts to negotiate. On 30 December, however, the workers took matters into their own hands and shut down the plants. Two weeks later, police and striking workers who were gathered outside the plant clashed. The police, in what became known as the "battle of the running bulls," were forced to retreat, and the sit-down was expanded to include other manufacturing plants in the Chevrolet division. The auto companies were able to obtain an injunction against the strikers, but there was no attempt to enforce it, a factor...
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