"Sol Dollinger's remembrance of UAW's early days are juicy and
provocative. His recall of those goofy internecine political
battles within the union is tragic-comic. Yet they, united, even
though hollering at each other, made GM, Ford, et al, recognize the
union. The sequence involving Genora Johnson Dollinger, the heroine
of the 1937 sit-down strike, is deeply moving and inspiring."
"--Studs Terkel"
"Should be read by every labor person who takes the principles
of trade union history seriously. . . . Brings the history of the
UAW up for a new survey of the events to include the men and women
who would otherwise be unsung heroes or written out of history
totally."
"--David Yettaw President, UAW Buick Local 599, 1987-1996"
This story of the birth and infancy of the United Auto Workers,
told by two participants, shows how the gains workers made were not
easy or inevitable-not automatic-but required strategic and
tactical sophistication as well as concerted action.
Sol Dollinger recounts how workers, especially activists on the
political left, created an auto union and struggled with one
another over what shape the union should take. In an oral history
conducted by Susan Rosenthal, Genora Johnson Dollinger tells the
gripping tale of her role in various struggles, both political and
personal.
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