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Auto/Economy
7:54 pm
Tue January 17, 2012

Praise for proposed fuel economy rules at Detroit EPA hearing

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Union leaders, environmental groups and some auto industry representatives are applauding new fuel efficiency standards proposed by President Obama.

The Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on the new rules in Detroit Tuesday.

The Obama administration’s proposed rule actually measures greenhouse gas emissions. But when translated into the usual lingo, that’s about 54 miles per gallon—roughly double the current standard.

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Auto/Economy
4:55 pm
Wed January 11, 2012

75 years ago: Flint autoworkers clash with police

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National Guard troops were called in following a confrontation between strikers and Flint police on Jan. 11, 1937
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Flint autoworkers in multiple GM facilities halted production and and carried out a sit down strike for 44 days.
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Last month, Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody visited Flint to report on the 75th anniversary of the start of the Flint sit down strike, a work stoppage at multiple GM facilities beginning in 1936, which Carmody says was "pivotal to the birth of the United Auto Workers," and had profound implications for American organized labor in general.

Carmody writes:

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Economy
1:01 am
Fri December 30, 2011

Flint Sit Down Strike - 75 years later

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A state historic marker pays tribute to the Flint Sit Down Strike.
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Today is the 75th anniversary of one of the key moments in the history of organized labor in the United States: The beginning of the Flint Sit Down Strike.   

The Flint Sit-Down Strike was pivotal to the birth of the United Auto Workers.   

Three-quarters of a century later the echoes of the event still resonate.  

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