Last Known Survivor From Flint Sit-Down Strike Passes Away [VIDEO]

This past Saturday morning, 99 year-old Richard Wiecorek who was the last known survivor of the great GM sit-down strike passed away. The strike took place in 1936-1937 and changed the United Automobile Workers into a major labor union.

Wiecorek worked at Fisher Body in Flint for 51 years where the strike took place on December 30, 1936.

SEE THE SITDOWNERS MEMORIAL PARK IN THE GALLERY BELOW