Word: strike
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Briggs has had no labor trouble since the strike of February 1933. For four years, it has been outstanding among large Detroit industrial corporations for lack of labor trouble. No production has been lost in that period on account of any labor trouble in Briggs plants...
TIME says: "Detroit newspapers no longer consider a Briggs strike news until it approaches in violence the 1933 walkout which forced Henry Ford to shut down...
...fact is that there has been no cause for strike news or other "labor trouble" news about Briggs to get into the newspapers in four years. The fact is that the strike of 1933 was peaceful as compared with what has been happening in strikes since then...
...league competition. Instead of showing himself good enough, Feller showed himself far too good. Most astonishing prodigy in big league annals, in his debut game, an exhibition against the St. Louis Cardinals, he pitched three innings, struck out eight of the nine batters who faced him. Modern major-league strike-out record for a full game is 17 (held by Dizzy Dean). Feller missed this record by two in his first regular major-league appearance, but equaled it a fortnight later against the Philadelphia Athletics...
While Briggs and Motor Products do not compete in the accessory trade they do have one thing in common: labor trouble. Indeed, Detroit newspapers no longer consider a Briggs strike news until it approaches in violence the 1933 walkout which forced Henry Ford to shut down. In the opinion of Labor, working conditions in the Briggs plants are a disgrace to Detroit. When Michigan's Governor-elect Frank Murphy was Detroit's mayor, a citizens' committee was appointed to look into Briggs labor policies with results by no means complimentary to the management. A Motor Products strike...