Trivia Question: The Battle of the Overpass saw what auto manufacturer deploy a private militia to assault his organizing workers?
Answer: Henry Ford & Ford Motor Company
Ford’s factory workers were beginning to join up with the United Auto Workers’ Union. Fearing his unionized workers would demand better pay or benefits, Ford deployed his private “security company” to beat the stuffing out of union demonstrators. His men then illegally seized cameras and negatives from journalists to try and keep the story from getting out.
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