June 5

A strike begins at a General Motors Corp. parts factory in Flint, Mich. that spreads and ultimately forces the closure of GM plants across the country for seven weeks.  The Flint workers were protesting the removal of key dies from their plant and feared their jobs would be lost. The company ended the dispute by assuring the plant would remain open until at least the year 2000 – 1998
 

Also on this date: Thirty-five members of the Teamsters form Teamsters for a Democratic Union…

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