Even the Big Three’s boom years had to end

By Sean Higgins
Published July 23, 2013 4:00am ET
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Even the Big Three’s boom years had to end
The last American-made convertible, a Cadillac Eldorado, rolls off the assembly line at General Motors' Cadillac plant in Detroit, April 21, 1976. It ends an era that began in 1916 with the automaker. Riding the car off the line, from left, H.B. Brawner, general manufacturing manager Cadillac; Detroit Mayor Coleman Young with Ed Kennard, Cadillac's general manager, driving. In back are representative employees of final assembly, engine and paint divisions. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup) | Preston Stroup

Second installment of a five-part series, “Working Man’s Blues: Michigan’s journey from Big Labor fortress to right-to-work state.” See the entire series, with previous installments and multimedia, at this link.

Charles E. Wilson could not understand what the fuss was about. As President Eisenhower’s nominee for secretary of defense, he was being pushed hard to sell the stock he acquired as General Motors’ chief executive.

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