January 29, 1936

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/01/january-29-1936/

After Firestone Tire & Rubber in Akron, Ohio, arbitrarily fires a worker, workers stage a fifty-five-hour sit-down occupation of the plant. It was one of three occupations that happened in January of the largest tire companies that refused to recognize the United Rubber Workers of America union and ignored demands for fair work rules.



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[davidpdx]

1. Interesting

My father worked for Firestone (after it became Bridgestone Firestone and left the company on disability before the problem with the tires) for a brief period of time.