When is National White Shirt Day/ White T-shirt Day?
Saturday February 11thNational White T-Shirt Day, also known as National White T-Shirt Day, commemorates the day a historic autoworker strike ended on February 11, 1937.
Manufacturing industry made up a significant portion of our workforce in the early part of the twentieth century. Automakers laid off employees and cut costs when the 1929 stock market crash sparked the Great Depression. GM did as well, removing their more expensive models from their more expensive ones. GM did as well. They stripped down their remaining models and sped up manufacturing to a stumbling pace.. As they hired employees back, they did so at lower compensation and didn't bother about seniority.
Workers were able to legally organize and join labour unions under the Wagner Act in 1935. Conditions in 1936 hit a fast and brisk pace. Workers had been organized before, standing in picket lines that put not only their jobs in jeopardy but also their lives..
However, Sit-ins did have a chance to shut down the plant entirely without any replacement employees crossing picket lines. After a scheme to walk out was derailed, GM workers took up residence in the Flint, Michigan Body Plant Number 1, GM workers took up residence.. The 44 days of the sit-in brought production to a halt, not only GM but also the entire auto industry.
The strike made The United Auto Workers (UAW) union, which was established as the sole bargaining agent for GM autoworkers in the United States. In Flint, Michigan, Michigan, and other cities that have a GM auto plant, the observance is most well known.
