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Word: stay-in (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...Another sit-down strike never occurred. In a leather plant at Grand Haven, Mich., 300 workers organized a "stay-in." They did their work by day, slept in the plant by night. The management of the plant did nothing, for the stay-inners were trying to prevent sit-downers from seizing the plant. Said the leader of the stay-inners: "We have nothing to gain from C. I. O. organization here and we have taken steps to make certain that our jobs will not be jeopardized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Sit-Downs Sat On | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

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