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Introduction

The image below depicts UAW officials passing food to the sit-down strikers in Fisher Body Plant No. 1. The several hundred men who occupied the Fisher No. 1, Fisher No. 2, and Chevrolet No. 4 plants in Flint needed massive logistical support to keep the strike going.

Question to Consider

• Why might the union want the photograph widely distributed?

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Source:
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University. Downloaded from
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/exhibits/sitdown.html.

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