manufacturing corporations. They were used to win power away from the

corporate giants, and put it in the hands of the working class. Labor used

strikes for a variety of reasons, some for higher wages, some for working

conditions, some for safety on the job, and still others for recognition.

In a book entitled, "I Remember Like Today: The Auto-Lite Strike of

1934" Philip A. Korth and Margaret R. Beegle compile an oral history

account of this fight for the rights of the working class. To gain the

knowledge acquired for this book, the authors searched high and low to

find the living survivors of this turning point for organized labor in

Toledo. After discovering the individuals who could help, the investigators

interviewed and then recorded the men and women's accounts of the

strike. Then they transcribed the interviews verbatim. This method

provides for a more personal approach to learning what had happened in

the strike. It allows the reader to see what actually happen through the

The book is a collection statements, stories, and feelings of the men

until June 5. At this point, the strikers had emerged victorious. After all the

strike. They started mass hiring new workers, so they could keep running

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Approximate Word count = 1339
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)