On October 3, 1961, 120,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) went on strike at Ford plants nationwide. Ford had been the last of the Big Three automakers to recognize the union. In this case, workers were striking over non-economic issues such as production standards, the speed of assembly lines, wash-up time, overtime rotation, etc. The main agreement was reached October 11, but it took until October 20 for all issues at local plants to be resolved.
