THOUSANDS IDLE
FORD WORKERS AFFECTED
BY STRIKE
DETROIT, December 19.
Mr. Henry Ford announced that he was putting off 10,000 men because,of a shortage of brake-drums from the Kelsey Wheel Company, where a "sitdown" strike has entered its fourth day. The United Automobile Workers' Union stated that the number put off was nearer 20,000. Lack of parts has also curtailed the activities of the Ford assembly plant at Buffalo. A check-up showed that 2200 workers were idle at the Buffalo plant because of lack of material as. a result of the Detroit strikes.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1936, Page 13
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93THOUSANDS IDLE Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1936, Page 13
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