[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by John V.

RAII, the '65 strike started about a month after '65 production began. Apparently your GTO failed to get built before the strike began? The strike was settled within 38 days, walkout started Sept. 25, 1964 and generally all plants were back running by Nov. 9, 1964. The contract was ratified by the UAW on Oct. 25 and many workers were expected back on the job by the next day according to news reports at the time, but most of the final assembly plants remained out another week or so to resolve local issues. Fremont was one of the Plants that did not return right away. I don't know when Fremont returned to production.

While trying to learn when Fremont started back, I found the attached story in a radical newspaper. Published on the day I think they DID start back up Nov. 9), it explains what was happening at Fremont and why they did NOT return to work after the national agreement was passed on Oct. 25. I thought the story was pretty cool, so posting it here.

I think it is common for there to be variation in when the different plants come back on line.

The National Agreement would control the overall bargaining activity, but the individual plants would still need to iron out their specific nickel-and-dime local grievances, which could delay the start of regular production several days (and which would probably not be well documented on a national level).

K