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America 250: Buick City’s final day in Flint

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By Christine Winter Verified
| WNEM-TV (Saginaw, MI) Verified
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - As we celebrate America 250, we’re looking back at the historical moments that changed mid-Michigan and the country. A defining moment in Flint was the 1999 closure of Buick City. The engine of American manufacturing kept the city running for almost 100 years. Hearts were heavy at General Motors on June 29 that year as its final car, a Buick LeSabre, rolled off the line. Workers said the closing was emotional.
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America 250: The Flint GM sit-down strike that changed workers’ rights

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By Christine Winter Verified
| WNEM-TV (Saginaw, MI) Verified
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) — As America celebrates 250 years of independence, we are looking back at how Flint and General Motors forever changed the auto industry. One of the biggest headlines came during the Great Depression when factory workers made a desperate gamble that paid off and changed the rules for every American worker. In the fall of 1936, the men at General Motors’ Fisher Body No. 1 in Flint were fed up. The employees were upset about low wages, long hours and unsafe conditions.
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America 250: Flint and the founding of General Motors

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By Christine Winter Verified
| WNEM-TV (Saginaw, MI) Verified
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - As the nation counts down to its 250th birthday, we are taking a look back at how mid-Michigan history helped shape the nation. The founding of General Motors in Flint in 1908 helped spark one of the biggest industrial expansions ever. And it’s a story of a booming carriage town revving up to become the engine of an automotive revolution.
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