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Not Automatic: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union
Contributor(s): Dollinger, Sol (Author), Dollinger, Genora Johnson (Author), Moody, Kim (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1583670173     ISBN-13: 9781583670170
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
OUR PRICE:   $74.25  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: May 2000
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Annotation: "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 YettawPresident, 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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- History | United States - State & Local - General
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
Dewey: 331.478
LCCN: 99038833
Series: Women and the Left in the Forging of the Auto Workers' Union
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.27" W x 9.33" (1.00 lbs) 220 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Cultural Region - Great Lakes
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Geographic Orientation - Michigan
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:

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.

Contributor Bio(s): Dollinger, Sol: -

Sol Dollinger served in the merchant marines before and during the Second World War and worked in the 1940s and 1950s at the Hudson Motor Car Company, Budd Wheel Motor Products, and Briggs Manufacturing Company in Detroit, as well as the Chevrolet assembly plant in Flint, Michigan.

Dollinger, Genora Johnson: -

Genora Johnson Dollinger (1913-1995) played a leading role in organizing women during the Flint sit-down strike of 1936-1937. Her actions were the subject of two award-winning documentaries, The Great Sit-Down Strike and With Babies and Banners.