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    Quote Originally Posted by Lowell View Post
    It’s a largely untold story that the World War II years in Detroit were filled with strikes. Labor had new strength in those days, and if the companies were going to make big profits off the war workers wanted their share.
    You may be correct about wildcat strikes, Lowell. But I've read that the policy at Solidarity House was zero called strikes during the war.

    Steve Babson's book is a reliable source IMHO. I'll double-check there. When did the Packard workforce unionize?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Whalley View Post
    You may be correct about wildcat strikes, Lowell.

    1943-Packard-Motor-Company-strike.pdf [[motorcities.org)

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