The Vast Majority: Blood on the Factory Floor
Postwar American auto work in its heyday is often remembered nostalgically. But in his book Blood Sweat and Fear: Violence at Work in the North American Auto Industry, 1960-1980, historian Jeremy Milloy emphasizes how truly brutal it was,
Jacobin Radio · Jacobin
October 5, 202052m 31s
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Postwar American auto work in its heyday is often remembered nostalgically. But in his book Blood Sweat and Fear: Violence at Work in the North American Auto Industry, 1960-1980, historian Jeremy Milloy emphasizes how truly brutal it was, and how the violence of the production process produced violence between workers and managers.
Read more about Jeremy's book here: https://www.press.<wbr />uillinois.edu/books/catalog/<wbr />63cwe4wq9780252083389.html
Read about the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement here: https://www.jacobinmag.<wbr />com/2014/05/detroit-s-radical-<wbr />general-baker/
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