In our second episode covering the the 1936-37 Great General Motors Sit-Down Strike, we dig into the logistics of a 44-day long sit down at Fisher Plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan including the zany ways people stay entertained while hunkered down in a factory, we cover Fisher Plant No. 2's victory in rebuffing an attack by police during the tongue-in-cheek named Battle of the Running Bulls, and discover the extreme lengths the union had to go to to counter GM's espionage, including an elaborate secret plan to occupy another much larger plant: Chevy No. 4. that finally forced GM to the table.

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