Year 1937. The battle lines were laid out in Detroit. The state of the unions was not good, but labor's line in the sand was clearly marked. Motor City is where blue collar sweat left the age of horse and buggy far behind in the dust of nostalgia.
An article from The Detroit News describing a 1937 incident in which UAW organizers, in their attempts to leaflet at a factory in the Detroit area, were beat by Ford guards.