Реферат: Autolite Strike 1934 Essay Research Paper Strikes

The strike also represents the risks and hardships accepted by the

organizers who take on the challenge of forming a union. The 15 who

went out in the first Auto-Lite strike took the chance of losing their jobs and

hampering their families welfare to form a union just to help every worker

in the plant. The men also accepted that they were going to lose their jobs

and would have to fight for reinstatement. But all the risks taken, and all

the brief hardships felt were well worth it considering the ends. Their union

was recognized. Not to the extent they wished, but nonetheless they won

recognition, which catapulted them to eventual complete victory.

This result was not always the case. In some strikes the union failed

and the workers lost big. To the credit of the workers, their supporters,

and their organizers the men and women of Auto-Lite were triumphant and

won the fight of all fights; to gain respect, power, and recognition.

This event was the turning point in labor relations in the city of

Toledo. It gave confindence and self worth to the working class, and

stripped the company management of their unimpeded omnipotence. The

Auto-Lite Strike of 1934 changed the entire way that company operations

were run, and for that, those who work in Toledo should be applauded, and

recognized for the achievements they accomplished.

Bibliography

Korth, Philip A. and Margaret R. Beegle. I Remember Like Today: The Auto-Lite Strike of 1934. East Lansing Michigan: Michigan State University Press. 1988

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