As Haymitch's birthday is on reaping day, he receives a gift from Lenore Dove just before he's illegally whisked off to the Games: a flint striker, which creates sparks and can help build a fire ...

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Just hours after striking General Motors workers battled police in a bloody night of fighting during the Sit-Down Strike of 1936-37, Gov. Frank Murphy made a decision 75 years ago today that ...

Flint police investigate report of a UAW striker being punched outside the Flint Assembly Plant by a driver who said he was seeking nonunion work.