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The Flint sit-down strike was a major success. It led to many grievances being reconciled. The enthusiasm about Flint led to many autoworkers forming new unions faster than the UAW could send them organizers. The sit-down strike even outgrew the labor leaders and the unions; workers realized that they could strike at will. The UAW could not stop the spontaneous strikes that began to break out nationwide. An important consequence of this movement was that auto union membership increased from 35,000 in 1935 to 375,000 in 1937.
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