My father worked on the assembly line at the Rouge plant sometime around 1910. I'm now 76 years old, but I recall him saying that while working there they did a walk out, and subsequently had their heads bashed in by the police who swarmed in on horses. After that experience, he opted for airplanes, became a stunt pilot, also delivered mail by plane, joined the Canadian Airforce, which came first I don't recall, and ended up becoming a manufacturer's rep. selling most of the paper goods used by the auto industry in Detroit, doing so until full retirement in his 80's. He definately had respect all his life for the men who worked on the lines.