Wildcat Strike Hits Chrysler and Briggs
On this day in labor history, the year was 1945.
National headlines feared the growing wildcat strikes at Chrysler and Briggs auto plants in Detroit.
As of March 3, the wildcats had increased to 35,000 strikers and idled workers at two Chrysler plants and seven Briggs plants.
The strike wave started a week earlier at the Dodge Main plant in Detroit.
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