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Sitdown sit-down sit down Sit-down, what ever way you spell it, The Great Flint Sit-Down Strike 1936 - 1937 UAW United Auto Workers GM strike in Flint MI by The Sit-Downers (sitdowners) changed American Labor History and World Labor History by taking a stand for workers rights during this Flint Strike with General Motors - sit down, visit and return to this home page world wide web site.
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UAW & Delphi finalize supplemental agreement on future hire wages & benefits (competitive wage, benefit, two tier) www.uaw.com/news/newsarticle.cfm?ArtId=263

Table of Contents
Pages 2 through 18
Media Links http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page2.html
Great Flint Sit-down Book Bibliography Great Reading
First UAW GM Contract - Agreement 1937 http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page3.html
http://community-2.webtv.net/blacklava/contract/
http://community-2.webtv.net/geneseecounty/uawgmcontract/
Museums & Auto History http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page4.html
US Labor History library university industrial study & sitdown sites
http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page5.html
Labor Book bibliography more Sit-Down sites http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page6.html
Labor Unions list, Bill of Rights & Constitution links & more http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page7.html
Computer & Internet Magazine sites, search engine list & more http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page8.html
Labor stories in last century sites & more http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page9.html
Parliamentary Procedure Roberts Rules of Order link & more great sitdown links http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page10.html
Union pride http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page11.html
Music & Labor college websites http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page12.html
Jointness & Codetermination, Disclaimer
http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page13.html
MSU Professor's Labor History Resources for Further Study & Reseach
http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page14.html
Labor quotes quotations General Motors Sit-down Strike links http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page15.html
Labor Education, books, how to unionize, sit down
links http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page16.html
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Short History of American Labor 1981 http://flintsitdownstrike.bravehost.com

Translate this webpage into different languages free translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

History U.S. Highway System www.gbcnet.com/ushighways/history/
Harley Earl, Father of the Dream Car www.detnews.com/history/earl/earl.htm
Official Harley Earl Website www.carofthecentury.com
Tim Berners-Lee Inventor World Wide Web
www.time.com/time100/scientist/profile/bernerslee.html
WWW Virtual Library - Labor History www.iisg.nl/-w3vl/
US Flags for printing www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/flags.htm
Play checkers on line www.ushistory.org/franklin/fun/index.htm

Michigan Labor Legacy www.laborlegacy.org

List - Auto Car Truck SUV manufacturer company websites homepage
Buick www.buick.com
Cadillac www.cadillac.com
Chevrolet www.chevrolet.com
Chrysler www.chrysler.com
Dodge www.dodge.com
Ford www.fordvehicles.com
GMC www.gmc.com
Lincoln www.lincoln.com
Oldsmobile www.oldsmobile.com
Plymouth www.chrysler.com
Pontiac www.pontiac.com
Saturn www.saturn.com
flint sitdown .com (Diary of a great Flint Sit-down Striker 1936 - 1937) Great wages and benefits were bargained on that day and in future years because of 1937 Great Flint Sit-down Strike. A voice for all automotive workers was at the negotiating table because of the Great Flint Sit-down Strikers. http://community.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/diaryofasitdowner/
2004 Uaw negotiated holidays www.uawlocal598.org/holidays.html

2004 Detroit Auto Show www.detnews.com/autoshow
www.freep.com/index/2004autoshow.htm
2004 North American International Auto Show http://www2.naias.com
2003 Auto show www.auto.com/2003show
United Auto Workers (UAW) website www.uaw.com
General Motors National Benefit Center, on line benefits information for active and retired employees www.gmnbc.com
GM Personal Savings Plan, PSP 401 k www.gm401k.com
General Motors Family First www.gmfamilyfirst.com
G.M. Acceptance corp. financial services www.gmacfs.com
Insurance www.gmacinsurance.com
Demand Notes General Motors Acceptance Corporation www.gmacnotes.com
GM Buy Power www.gmbuypower.com
Direct TV satellite television www.directtv.com
General Motors website www.gm.com
Mr. Good Wrench www.gmgoodwrench.com
Delphi National Benefit Center, on line benefits information for active and retired employees www.delphinbc.com
Delphi Personal Savings Plan 401k PSP www.delphi401k.com
Delphi website www.delphi.com
General Motors, Delphi pension administration www.pension-administration.com
United Auto Workers Legal Service Plan benefit www.uawlsp.com
Medco Health Solutions (prescription, prescription drug benefit) www.medcohealth.com
Delta Dental (dental benefit) www.deltadental.com
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (health care) www.bcbsmi.com
Healthplus of Michigan www.healthplus.com (health care)
Lifesteps www.lifesteps.com (health)
UAW-GM Center For Human Resources www.uaw-gm.org
www.localuaw22.org/Benefits/GM%20programs.htm
Pictures photo of Flint IMA Fisher Body Plant One Buick City www.fortunecity.com/oasis/benidorm/63/id4.htm
Buick City demolition www.gmgypsy.com/Buick/
UAW Solidarity Magazine on line
www.uaw.org/solidarity/
Travel to original classic uhhuh Home http://uhhuhdotcom.tripod.com
www.angelfire.com/mi/uhhuhdotcom/
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7879/
Latest us news, tech, sports, health, world, mac computer, finance, entertainment
www.newshub.com/newsfeed/275/
Great Museums www.greatmuseums.org
Advertising Age www.adage.com

WJRT TV 12 automotive sport local news weather Flint Saginaw Bay City http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/automotive/
WNEM TV 5 sports local news weather www.wnem.com
WEYI TV 25 local news weather sport www.weyi.com
WSMH TV Fox 66 local news weather sports www.wsmh66.com
Motor City newspapers mi
Detroit Free Press auto sport news weather www.auto.com
Detroit News auto news weather sports www.detnews.com/autosinsider/

2004 election, congress guide, capitol spotlight, Capitol hearings, Government - media - international links, Book TV, audio, video at C-Span, a great cable tv channel
www.c-span.org
The ballot box affects bread box (UAW President 1946-1970 Walter P. Reuther)
List of Official Presidential Election 2004 Candidates web sites

John Kerry www.johnkerry.com

Dennis Kucinich www.kucinich.us

Ralph Nader www.votenader.org

George W. Bush
www.georgewbush.com

C Span site menu
www.c-span.org/siteindex.jsp
United Auto Worker contract history time line 1935 - 1999 www.uawregion8.net/UAW-History-timeline.htm
"They Took a Stand by Sitting Down" - The Great Flint Sit-Down Strikers of 1936-1937
www.cnn.com/US/9807/06/gm.strike.history.02/

The Great Flint Sit-down Strike Organization
www.historicalvoices.org/flint/organization.php

A great list of UAW Local Union Hall Websites
www.uawlocal1292.org/unionlinks.htm

Story photo pictures General Motors Oshawa Canada Strike 1937
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cau/essays/essay7.html
African Americans and the UAW www.onwheelsinc.com/AAOWMagazine/2000_FebMar/pg31.asp
Women in Transportation, timeline of events 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 http://www.flwa.dot.gov/wit/timeline1.htm
American Labor History on the World Wide Web - The Future of Labor's Past http://chnm.gmu.edu/assets/historyessays/futureoflaborp.html
Working Class Hero - Walter Reuther (UAW President 1946-1970) involvement in union movement and uaw www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/builder/profile/reuther.html
Harlow Curtice of General Motors Time Magazine archive
Jan 2, 1956 some Flint UAW GM History in narrative www.time.com/time/poy2000/archive/1955.html
Old classic cars clothes music films movies times, black and white tv, picture show, AMC American Movie Classics www.amctv.com
classic autos clothing tunes movies Turner www.turnerclassicmovies.com

magazines
Popular Mechanics mag www.popularmechanics.com
Popular Science mag www.popularscience.com
Scientific American mag www.sciam.com
Outdoor Life mag www.outdoorlife.com
Field and Stream Mag www.fieldandstream.com
Car and Driver mag www.caranddriver.com
Forbes business www.forbes.com
Fortune www.fortune.com
Smart Computing www.smartcomputing.com
Business Week www.businessweek.com
Technology Tech TV www.techtv.com
Solidarity mag www.uaw.org/solidarity/

Henry Ford (inventor of Model T) and UAW http://barksdale.uta.edu/rabun2.htm

2003 Holiday Season Links
The 500 Five Hundred Greatest Record Albums and CDs of All Time. Great Music. Rolling Stone Magazine. December 11, 2003 Issue 937
www.rollingstone.com/features/coverstory/featuregen.asp?pid=2164
Top Ten (10) to Top Forty (40) Records over time from rolling stone mag list
1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles 1967 Capitol
2 Pet Sounds, Beach Boys 1966 Capitol
3 Revolver, Beatles 1966 Capitol
4 Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan 1965 Columbia
5 Rubber Soul, Beatles 1965 Capitol
6 What's Going On, Marvin Gaye 1971 Motown
7 Exile on Main Street, Rolling Stones 1972 Virgin
8 London Calling, Clash 1980 Epic
9 Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan 1966 Columbia
10 The Beatles (The White Album), Beatles 1968 Capitol
11 The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley 1976 RCA
12 Kind of Blue, Miles Davis 1959 Columbia / Legacy
13 The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico 1967 MGM / Verve
14 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1969 Capitol
15 Are You Experienced?, Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 MCA
16 Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan 1975 Columbia
17 Nevermind, Nirvana 1991 Geffen
18 Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen 1975 Columbia
19 Astral Weeks, Van Morrison 1968 Warner Bros.
20 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1982 Epic
21 The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry 1982 Chess
22 Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon 1970 Capitol
23 Innervisions, Stevie Wonder 1973 Motown
24 Live at the Apollo, James Brown, 1963 Polygram
25 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1977 Reprise
26 The Joshua Tree, U2 1987 Island
27 King of the Delta Blues Singers, Robert Johnson 1961 Columbia
28 Who's Next, The Who 1971 MCA
29 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 1969 Atlantic
30 Blue, Joni Mitchell 1971 Reprise
31 Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan 1965 Columbia
32 Let It Bleed, Rolling Stones 1969 ABKCO
33 Ramones, Ramones 1976 Warner Archives / Rhino
34 Music From Big Pink, The Band 1968 Capitol
35 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 1972 Virgin
36 Tapestry, Carole King 1971 Sony
37 Hotel California, Eagles 1976 Electra / Aslyum
38 The Anthology, Muddy Waters 2001 Chess / MCA
39 Please Please Me, The Beatles 1963 Capitol
40 Forever Changes, Love 1967 Rhino

Time 100 the beatles www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/beatles.html
beatles www.thebeatles.com
Oct 12 1969 Paul McCartney is Dead hoax controversy announced on Detroit Michigan radio, links websites album cover backward music lyric evidence http://oldies.about.com/cs/theculture/a/paulisdead.htm
Bob Dylan www.bobdylan.com
People of the Century who most influenced last 100 years www.time.com/time/time100/
1900 vs Now time 100 timewarp http://affiliate.timeincmags.com/time/time100/timewarp/timewarp.html
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame www.rockhall.com
Working Hip Hop Chronology www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/hiphop/rap_history.html
Jimi Hendrix www.jimi-hendrix.com
Popular Culture www.popcultures.com/general.htm
Marshall McLuhan, Medium is the Message, hot and cool mediums, understanding media www.colostate.edu/Depts/Speech/rccs/theory31.htm

New Year's Eve December 31, 2003 / New Year's Day January 1, 2004 links
NPR National Public Radio Top 300 records www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/300.html
Life Magazine Editor's Choice Best Rock 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's www.life.com/Life/rocknroll/rocknroll.html
New Musical Express NME Writer's Top Best Singles of all time www.rocklist.net/nme_singles.htm

Acclaimed music - most recommended - lists of the 2000 most critically acclaimed rock albums and singles of all time, compiled from critics best of lists from all around the world. Forties, Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties. List of websites of Greatest, top 100 singles, 50 - 100 best rock songs, top 30 songs of all time, 100 greatest pop songs, 50 greatest singles, 40 years of Rock and Roll - 5 songs for each year, Bob Dylan's 40 greatest songs, 500 songs that shaped rock, 40 most influential records of 20th century, best songs from the best albums ever, stand out tracks, 100 best rock songs in History. The Top and Greatest hits over the years and decades of all time from around the globe. http://hem.bredband.net/b132682/

United States History - American Studies Sites www.tntech.edu/history/usa.html

Michigan State Lottery www.michigan.gov/lottery/
Labor matters, tribute to auto workers resources www.ilr.cornell.edu/laborMatters/resources/autoworker_uawHistory.html
Happy Thanksgiving 2003 - new latest links
Delphi XM Sky Fi Radio satelite www.xmradio.com
weekly program highlights www.xmradio.com/programming/programming_main.html
General Motors On Star www.onstar.com
Sirius satellite radio www.sirius.com
Air check museum Old Classic top 40 radio shows disc jockey DJ programming songs tunes talk AM FM band 1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's History
www.reelradio.com
Old time Radio Shows 1940's www.radiolovers.com
www.radiolovers.com/allshows.html
auto news, car news, car talk, car and driver www.headlinespot.com/subject/auto/
U.S. newspapers, online News Headlines, World news, Current Events
www.headlinespot.com
US motor vehicle production, passenger car retail sales, statistics, data, market share, truck sales, imports, transplant production sales
www.economagic.com/aama.htm
United States Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics
www.bts.gov
Alfred P. Sloan Museum regional history, historic automobiles, and hands on science center.
UAW GM gallery
www.sloanmuseum.com/galleries.html
Utility Workers of America UWUA labor list links
www.local223uwua.org/links2/links2.htm
A.S.E.C.C. spark plug history
www.asecc.com/data/plughistory.html
American Association Retired People Online Cards
www.aarp.org/onlinecards/
Unions and Their Members LMRDA Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act - Landrum Griffin Act
www.uaw.org/lmrda.html
U.A.W. 2003 auto contract summaries General Motors Delphi Ford Daimler Chrysler Hourly Workers Salary Workers
www.uaw.com/contracts/index.cfm
general motor delphi contract
www.uaw.com/contracts/03/gm/index.cfm
U.S. news paper list www.usnpl.com
U.M. Flint Today www.flint.umich.edu/today/
story archives www.flint.umich.edu/today/storyarchives.htm
Flint Arches www.flint.umich.edu/today/arch.htm
Why Union www.paaflcio.org/whyunion.htm
http://community.webtv.net/blogs/guide/
Labor Day Flint Michigan Sitdown Strike Memorial Monument Unveiling, pictures, photo slide show, The Flint Journal. www.mlive.com/flgalleries/gallery.ssf?/cgi-bin/slide-show.cgi/mlive/slide_show.ata?index=0&g_id=176
Flint vehicle city arches slide show photos of historic Flint www.flintarches.com/history.html
Labor Day celebration link.
First UAW GM Contract - Agreement February 11 1937 White Shirt Day.
http://community-2.webtv.net/geneseecounty/uawgmcontract/
Sitdown monument memorial first uaw gm labor agreement picture graphic
http://community.webtv.net/blacklava/contract
Sitdowner diary. Worker's written account inside the Fisher Body plant during great uaw gm sit down strike. http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/diaryofasitdowner/
Excellent. Interviews with workers in Great Flint sit down strike against general motors
http://lib.umflint.edu/archives/labor.html
Original Copies. 1937 University of Michigan students created The Punch Press official news letter for Flint U.A.W. workers during an after the Great Sit down strike.
www.uwm.edu/Libraries/special/punch_press/original.htm
Original Copies. Strike songs from the flint auto worker newspaper Jan. 1937
After the battle www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/song1.htm Hot time in the old town tonight www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/song2.htm The fisher strike www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/song3.htm
Sit-Down www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/song4.htm Spirit of union www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/song5.htm There's something about a worker www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/song6.htm Standard Cotton battle song www.davison.k12.mi.us/newdeal/song7.htm
UAW 2003 Auto Negotiations - Bargaining For America - Good Jobs Are Worth Fighting For.
www.uaw.com/barg/03/index.cfm
Negotiations Hotlines - bargaining updates
www.uaw.com/barg/03/barg13.cfm
Groundbreaking for Flint Sit-downer Monument Region 1-C U.A.W Solidarity Magazine News
www.uaw.org/solidarity/03/0703/feature06.cfm
8.30.03 United Auto Workers Uaw Region 1C Labor Monument and Museum Project
The Region 1C Sit Downers
www.uawregion1c.org/monument.html
7.11.03 Fire side chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt http://www.mhric.org/fdr/fdr.html
United States of America history 1930 - 1940 http://history.cc.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/ERAS/20TH/1930s.html
U.S.A. History http://history.cc.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/index.html
A General Motors U.A.W factory worker's written account of life inside the shop during the sit down strike - Diary of UAW Flint Sit-downer 1936-1937 during Great Flint Michigan sitdown strike www.FLINTSITDOWN.com or http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/diaryofasitdowner/
The Flint Journal local newspaper 125th Anniversary 1876 - 2001 edition www.flintjournal.com/125/index.html chose the settlement of the 1937 General Motors Sit-down Strike the newspapers Number One story during the 1876 to 2001 time frame. Number Two was the 1953 Beecher Tornado and Number Three was Billy Durant: the birth of the auto industry and the creation of G. M. in Flint Michigan during this time line www.flintjournal.com/125/past/top10.html Great site for Flint, Michigan Genesee County historians.

A general road map to this website.
PAGE 1 - (This page - scroll down below this table of contents) Major 1936 1937 G.M. Flint Sit- down Strike / Franklin Delano Roosevelt F.D.R. New Deal history web links. Local U.A.W websites, Sit-down Memorial information links and more.
http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/index.html

PAGE 2 - Genesee County, Flint michigan weather fuel energy gas price links, local newspaper, television - TV media links, Michigan State University M.S.U news sports, United Auto Worker, Union links, General Motors, Delphi, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler links, labor union automotive news and more. http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page2.html

PAGE 3 - The First UAW - GM Agreement contract on February 11, 1937. A bargaining voice for the auto workers, the U.A.W. Sit-down labor book bibliography - more http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page3.html

PAGE 4 - Early Genesee County horse drawn cart, carriage, vehicle assembly history, founders, originators and inventors, auto museums, antique car, truck, horseless carriage brass era pre-1916 web sites and homepages http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page4.html

PAGE 5 - University College Library Labor Industrial Study websites. More 1936-37 Great Flint Sitdown Stay-in and United States labor history websites.
http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page5.html

PAGE 6 - labor book bibliography more United Auto Worker UAW Flint Sit down strike information home pages and web sites more Labor history
http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page6.html

PAGE 7 - Put your union on the web, local library, college, university, city, county, state, federal government websites. List of major United States labor unions, U.S. Bill of Rights and Constitution link, labor leaders Samuel Gompers, Eugene Debs and Walter Reuther, list of UAW local union web sites.
http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page7.html

PAGE 8 Search engine list, computer, internet, world wide web magazines. http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page8.html

PAGE 9 Labor stories in the last century: Battle of Matewan, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1894 Chicago Pullman Strike. Walter Reuther speech. Before the Union list of dignity and respect gains for workers due to a collective voice. http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page9.html

PAGE 10 Parliamentary Procedure Robert's Rules of Order. How to use Netscape Composer website creator. More great flint sit-down strike links. http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page10.html

PAGE 11 Union Pride. http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page11.html

PAGE 12 Free webhosts, music, labor college web sites. http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page12.html

PAGE 13 Disclaimer http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page13.html

PAGE 14 M.S.U Professor's Labor History Resources for further research and study. Great reading. Excellent! http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page14.html

PAGE 15 Labor Quotes Quotations from Michigan Labor Legacy Arch http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page15.html

PAGE 16 Labor Education, sit-down, how to unionize links http://community-2.webtv.net/uhhuhdotcom/uhhuh/page16.html

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Genesee County Michigan U.A.W. Local Union and Region Websites
Uaw Local 598 www.uawlocal598.org Uaw Local 599 www.uawlocal599.com Uaw local 651 www.uawlocal651.com Uaw local 659 www.tir.com/~local659/ Uaw local 1292 www.uawlocal1292.org Uaw region 1 c
www.uawregion1c.org
Sit-down Monument Photo www.uawlocal1292.org/sitdownmonument.htm/
"Our History Will Never Be Forgotten" Region 1 C Review http://www.uaw.org/solidarity/rnews/03/q1/r1c/r1cq1_1.html
1937 GM Sit-Down Strike Memorialized June 03 Solidarity magazine www.uaw.org/solidarity/03/0603/uf03.cfm
UAW Region News www.uaw.org/solidarity/rnews/index.cfm