Year
1977
Distributor
New Day Films
Country
US
Video Standard
NTSC
OCLC
25659395
Language
ENG
Describes the role of women in the General Motors sit-down strike of 1936-1937, especially the formation, success, and subsequent disbanding of the Women's Emergency Brigade. Includes interviews with several Brigade members as they met on the fortieth anniversary of the strike. Their reminiscences make clear the part they played in strengthening the United Auto Workers Union and the events discussed are illustrated with newsreel sequences of the actual events

Combines archival footage and interviews with participants to trace the role of women in the formation of the United Auto workers. Focuses on the contributions of the Women's Emergency Brigade to the labor movement of the 1930's
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