Seventy-nine years ago today, on March 27, 1946 (February 24, 1946 in the lunar calendar), General Electric and General Motors ended their four-month strike. General Motors workers picketing outside the headquarters in Detroit heard the news of the salary increase and gave a storm of cheers, which immediately ended the strike. On March 27, 1946, the strike of General Electric and General Motors, two industrial giants, subsided with substantial pay increases for employees at both companies. General Motors went on strike for 113 days, the longest and most costly strike in the history of the automobile industry. Workers formed picket lines in hundreds of factories in 18 states across the east and west coasts, excitedly congratulating the management on reaching a solution to the problem with the United Auto Workers Union. The terms call for a wage increase of just over 18 cents per hour. The wages of 100,000 workers at General Electric received the same increase. Their two-month strike once stopped the supply of most civil and industrial electricity in the country. This solution must be approved by the local unions uniting electrical, radio and electrical workers in 16 states before it can take effect. Restoring the consumer economy