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The sit-down had its most dramatic effect on the automobile industry. In 1936 the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) demanded recognition from the major automobile companies according to the provisions of the Wagner Act, but the large corporations were not willing to make concessions. The UAW decided to take on General Motors in Flint, Michigan, a town dominated by GM where the UAW local had only 122 members in early 1936. The sit-down strike began in the Fisher Body plant of GM on 31 December 1936 and lasted forty-four days. Like a brush fire, the strike spread to Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo, and other industrial cities. Soon GM production stood at a standstill, with 112,000 of 150,000 plants idle.
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