General Motors Flint Sit-down Strike UAW United Auto Workers Michigan labor history transportation computer economic links
GM Commits New Business to UAW Delphi Plants
www.uaw.org/contracts/03/gm/gm07.cfm
2004 Flint Delphi East UAW Local 651 Vice President Sparkler Union newspaper - column - report website. GM, Delphi, Harley-Davidson, US & world news links, UAW supplemental agreement - competitive wage benefit information, and more. http://community-2.webtv.net/geneseecounty/2004/
Oct 15 04
UAW GM Delphi 2003 Contract Highlights www.uawlocal909.org/contracthighlights.htm
UAW-GM & UAW-Delphi Tuition Assistance Plan TAP Application http://tap.uaw-gm.org/pdf_forms/TAPApplication.pdf
History of American Technology http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364material/cars/cars_90.htm
Cyndi's List of Genealogy sites on the Internet www.cyndislist.com
Major Business, Non-daily, Alternative, Speciality, Limited, Promotional, Campus, Association & Inactive Michigan Newspapers www.newslink.org
U.S. Labor & Industrial History World Wide Web Audio Archive www.albany.edu/histor/LaborAudio/
Restoring Consensus in Flint, Michigan - The Socialist Party in Municipal Politics 1910-1912 www.michigansocialist.net/literature/judd_1986.html
Oct 9 2004
Radio Industry History http://telecom.about.com/cs/radiohistory/
History of Recording Industry http://de.essortment.com/recordingindust_pqg.htm
Bibliography for Automobile Engineering www.iit.edu/~misa/biblios/automobile.html
Labor Relations Week Index - Summary www.bna.com/current/blr/topl.html
Bowling Green Assembly Plant, General Motors - Home of Corvette & Cadillac XLR www.bowlinggreenassemblyplant.com
FDR & The Depression, "Biography of America", WGBH Educational Foundation www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog21/transcript/index.html
Lansing State Journal www.lsj.com
Workday Minnesota www.workdayminnesota.org
Oct 3 2004
"124 Years of Manufacturing Ends" Chevrolet Plant 4 (takeover by UAW workers in February 1937 in Flint led to end of General Motors Sit-down Strike days later, with union recognition victory) www.tir.com/~local659/search.htm
Flint Sit-down Diary www.flintsitdown.com
University of Michigan Weather Cams list http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html
Main Page http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/index.html
Michigan History Magazine www.sos.state.mi.us/history/mag
The Learning Page - Labor - http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/labor/overview.html
Resource Gallery (photographs, prints, documents, sheet music) http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/labor/resource.html
Meaning of 2003 UAW Automotive Pattern Agreement www.cargroup.org/pdfs/LaborPaperFinal.PDF
Collective Bargaining in U.S. Auto Industry http://imvp.mit.edu/papers/02/katzauto.pdf
Congressional Quarterly www.cq.com
Auto Industry of Future Program
www.oesa.org/pdf/presentations/big3UAWPresentation.pdf
Fisher Body History www.fisherdynamics.com/heritage/heritage.htm
GM Folks Magazine 1938-1956, General Motors History, Annual Report, Harley J. Earl links, Motoramas & more. Great website. www.carofthecentury.com/gm's_annual_report_1955.htm
September 12 2004
What time is it? www.whattimeisit.com
Employee Free Choice Act: Restoring Workers Freedom to Form Unions www.aflcio.org/aboutunions/voiceatwork/ns11132003.cfm
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - Flint, MI www.bls.gov/eag/eag.mi_flint.htm
Consumer Price Index Home Page (CPI)
www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm
Women & Labor Unions - Trade Union Organizers - Strikes http://womenshistory.about.com/od/worklaborunions/
World Business Review www.wbrtv.com
Washington Week in Review www.pbs.org/washingtonweek/
CSPAN Book TV www.booktv.org
Produce For Victory, Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45) World War Two Posters http://americanhistory.si.edu/victory/index.htm
Farm Workers www.farmworkers.org
Bobby Crim Festival of Races, Flint Michigan
www.crim.org
Flint Industrial Mutual Association (IMA) History www.flintima.org/ima_history.htm
What's Up Downtown Flint www.whatsupdowntown.com
Auto Industry Interesting Dates www.kipnotes.com/Automotive.htm
History of Labor Day - Labor Union Time Line www.emotioncards.com/trivia/fourthofjuly/laborday.html
U.S. 50 Guide to the Fifty States www.theus50.com/michigan/history.shtml
University of Michigan-Flint history www.umflint.edu/discover_UM-Flint/history.php
Herald Bulletin, Andersen Indiana, Guide Lamp - UAW Sit-Down article www.heraldbulletin.com/story.asp?id=737
Segway (gyroscopically controlled two-wheeled scooter invented by Dean Kamen) Cross Country Trip - photos, videos, diary entrees www.10mph.com
Inventors- History of Computers http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm
August 26 2004
Statue of Liberty History www.folgers.com/pressroom/sol_history.shtml
Michigan AFL - CIO www.miaflcio.org
Top movies, documentaries, books, tools and link resources for Labor Leaders www.miaflcio.org/laborresources.htm
Labor Arts www.laborarts.org
Athens Greece Olympics 2004 www.athens2004.com
Eugene V. Debs Foundation www.eugenevdebs.com
Electric Auto-Lite Factory, Toledo Ohio, Memorial of Great Strike of 1934, Union Memorial Park. www.uawlocal12.org/Union_Memorial_park.html
Auto-Lite story www.uawlocal12.org/the_strike.html
Tri-County Times www.tctimes.com
Oakland Press www.theoaklandpress.com
Fresh Gear - Tech TV www.freshgear.com
The Screen Savers www.thescreensavers.com
Chevrolet Bowtie History http://home.earthlink.net/~scrippsbooth/chevbowtiehistory.html
Box Office Mojo - Movie, cinema information www.boxofficemojo.com
Buick Motor Company Historical Marker Flint Mi
www.michmarkers.com/Pages/S0644.htm
Monuments of Detroit (Michigan Governor during historic 1937 Great Flint Sit-down Strike, Frank Murphy, Tribute Sculpture "Hand of God" is one of the featured monuments). Great stories & photos. www.detnews.com/history/monuments/monuments.htm
Detroit Free Press Columnists www.freep.com/index/columnists.htm
Cheers and Gears www.cheersandgears.com
Auto news Detroit Free Press www.auto.com
Detroit News automotive news www.autosinsider.com
Michigan Gasoline Prices www.michigangasolineprices.com
Historic Price Chart of Gasoline Prices in Michigan & United States Cities
www.michigangasprices.com/retail_price_chart.asp
August 20 2004
World War II U.S. Production Adobe Web Photo Gallery Posters General Motors www.posterfair.com/Meehan-Military/35/
Michigan Libraries with local history online www.deckervillelibrary.com/michigan_libraries_with_local_hi.htm
American Labor Studies Center www.labor-studies.org/lessons.htm
labor quotes www.labor-studies.org/Labor_Quotes.htm
links www.labor-studies.org/labor_links.htm
photos www.labor-studies.org/photos.htm
labor songs www.labor-studies.org/labor_songs.htm
biographies www.labor-studies.org/biographies.htm
History of Michigan AM Radio (Amplified Modulation) Broadcasting www.michiguide.com/history/am.html
Detroit & Southeastern Michigan Rock n Roll 1966 - 1972 Rusted Chrome http://home.att.net/~s.m.geer/
Michigan Farm and Garden www.michiganfarmandgarden.com
WSMH Fox 66 www.wsmh.com
Online Books Page over 20,000 free books on web http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
Early Chevrolet History
http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/chevytalk/GMhistory/earlychevhistory.htm
Information news spot prices on crude oil, gasoline, fuel, energy www.oil.com
American History Links www.lksd.org/kongiganak/ContinuousEdCarnagie/Carnagie/AmericanHistory/AmericanHistory.htm
GM rejects Reuther's call to "Open the Books"
The Post World War II Strike Wave http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5138/
UAW Black Lake Family Education Center Background History www.local387.com/black_lake_history.htm
August 1 2004
Printable Flag www.draac.com/printable_flag.gif
Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Congress-of-Industrial-Organizations/
Flint Michigan Automotive History Collection Guide & Digital Holdings / Flint Public Library
www.flint.lib.mi.us/ahc/
Dow Jones Average History www.globalfindata.com/dow_jones.html
The Automobiles Homepage Guide to Cars Increase Your Automobile Knowledge www.auho.com
Where Classic Radio Lives www.airchexx.com
Detroit UAW Mural Saving a Piece of Labor History
www.wpamurals.com/detroit.htm
Michigan Times Student Voice of the University of Michigan Flint Mi www.themichigantimes.com
Joe Hill www.pbs.org/joehill/
George Meany National Labor College
www.georgemeany.org
Labor Heritage Magazine www.georgemeany.org/archives/lh.html
June 26 2004
2004 UAW Local 651 at Flint Delphi East Vice-President Sparkler union paper articles & columns on line http://community.webtv.net/geneseecounty/2004/
AFL-CIO endorses John Kerry for President www.aflcio.org/issuespolitics/politics/kerry_main.cfm
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger 2004 World Auto Council Meeting Remarks www.uaw.com/news/newsarticle.cfm?ArtId=273
Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN, outsourcing & trade deficit info www.cnn.com/loudobbs/
www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) GDP, Corporate Profits, Balance of Payments, Trade in Goods & Services, Personal Income www.bea.doc.gov/
Dash Board online www.dashboardonline.com/dashboardportal/portal2.htm
July 5
Dennis' Labor Solidarity website
http://members.tripod.com/~irish_7x4/index.html
Labor Union Trivia Questions
http://members.tripod.com/~irish_7x4/index-7.html
Labor on the radio WINS Workers Independent News Service www.laborradio.org
2003 AFL-CIO Union Industries Show www.unionindustriesshow.org
& Labor union links www.unionindustriesshow.org/unions.htm
Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO www.unionlabel.org
UAW union list www.eautoportal.com/links/LinkCategory.asp?showcategory=56000222
History of CAW Local 222 www.cawlocal.ca/222/history.asp
Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO History www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/c/co/congress_of_industrial_organizations.html
Walter Reuther - Current History, May 1950 www.nathanielturner.com/laborsproblemrealwages2.htm
John L. Lewis www.nathanielturner.com/laborsproblemrealwages.htm
Blacks and Labor in Print www.nathanielturner.com/portraitsofblacks.htm
Negro and Industrial Unionism 1936 www.nathanielturner.com/negroandindustrialunionism.htm
Labor Fights All Injustice www.nathanielturner.com/laborfightsallinjustice.htm
John Mitchell www.nathanielturner.com/laborsproblemrealwages3.htm
Greater New Haven Labor History Association
History Links www.laborhistory.org
Saturn UAW Local union www.uawlocal1853.org
Saturn www.saturn.com
UAW Region 1A www.uawregion1a.com
Michigan Postal Workers Union www.mpwu.com
Labor News www.labornews.com
Microsoft Brief History of Internet - Birth of Internet www.microsoft.com/insider/guide/history.asp
Kim Komando Radio Show, One of Top Ten Programs in U.S. Computer, Tech help hints & news www.komando.com
News search www.findory.com
Public History www.publichistory.org
Michigan Railroad History www.michiganrailroads.com
Definitive Resource for Drive In theatre Information
www.drive-ins.com
City of Flint home page www.cityofflint.com
Flint Institute of Arts www.flintarts.org
Uaw resources for Labor Educators (teachers guide, slide show, tools, photos) www.uaw.com/edu/student/index.cfm
U of M Flint Today newsletter www.flint.umich.edu/today/
Old Sit-Down Striker Monument photo www.flint.umich.edu/today/uawmonum.htm
Chevy (Chevrolet) Engines Through Time www.antiquechevytrucks.com/Content/Engine%20information/engine_intro_body.htm
Historic 1936-37 Flint auto plant strikes Detroit News, Rear view mirror - great stories, photographs & pictures http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=1115&category=business
Auto Heritage Flint Michigan www.autoheritage.org/pdf/flint.pdf
William Billy Durant "The free-wheeling gambler who created General Motors" - House that Durant Built - Detroit News www.detnews.com/history/durant/durant.htm
Flint sit-down, Genora Johnson Dollinger Womens Emergency Brigade Links:
"This is the pressure that they used" http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/135/
"I was able to make my voice really ring out" http;//historymatters.gmu.edu/d/136/
Remembers 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/amersocialist/genora.htm
Women's Auxiliary Brigade Essay 1936-37 Flint Sit-down Strike www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/amersocialist/neveragain.htm
Battle of Bulls Run www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/amersoci
alist/bullsrun.htm
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