Flint Sit-Down Strike marker near former Chevy in the Hole site vandalized again [View all]

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Flint Sit-Down Strike marker near former Chevy in the Hole site vandalized again
By David Harris | [e-mail]
on December 13, 2012 at 4:13 PM, updated December 13, 2012 at 4:34 PM Print


FLINT, MI -- On the same day thousands of union members protested right-to-work legislation in Lansing, a plaque in memory of one of the union movement's most famous victories was found defaced.

Green paint now covers the gold letters on both sides of a historic site marker for the Flint Sit-Down Strike.

The marker describes events that took place in 1936-37 and that led to recognition of the UAW by General Motors.

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"It's a great disrespect for the Sit-downers because they, as much as anybody, were responsible for the great American middle class," said Art Reyes, president of UAW Local 651. "It's just a shame that someone in Flint, knowing the history we have here, would go forward and do something like that."


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