Today is White Shirt Day, commemorating the end of the Flint Sit-Down Strike, February 11, 1937

Today is White Shirt Day, commemorating the end of the Flint Sit-Down Strike, February 11, 1937. The strike resulted in General Motors recognizing the United Auto Workers as a collective bargaining unit.

Each year, UAW workers wear white-collar shirts traditionally worn by management to honor the legacy of workers who sacrificed for the cause of fair labor practices. Women also wear red arm bands to honor the Flint Women’s Emergency Brigade, who protected the strikers in the plants, and whose organizing was vital to the success of the strike. To learn more, visit the Flint Sit-Down Strike exhibit at Sloan Museum