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/

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