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, and how the violence of the production process produced violence between workers and managers. Read more about Jeremy's book here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/63cwe4wq9780252083389.html Read about the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/05/detroit-s-radical-general-baker/ And here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/07/when-the-unions-the-enemy/ Please subscribe to Jacobin! https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe