United Steelworkers Honor Award Medal for Winning "Sit Down Strike," 1937
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Artifact Overview
Sit-down strikes became a successful strategy for labor organizers in the 1930s. These strikes required employees to stop working and simply "sit down" at their workstations -- effectively stopping production and taking over the workplace. General Motors workers staged a sit-down strike at a plant in Flint, Michigan, in 1936-1937. The 44-day strike forced GM to recognize the United Auto Workers union.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Medal
Subject Date
1937
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
87.55.13
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Oscar Paskal.
Material
Pewter (Tin alloy)
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.5 in
Inscriptions
Obverse: HONOR AWARD / FOR / WINNING / SIT DOWN STRIKE / 1937
Reverse: THE OFFICERS OF YOUR INTL. UNION / APPRECIATE/ YOUR / LOYALTY / IN THE FIGHT / TO IMPROVE / AMERICAN LABOR CONDITIONS
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