Fearing a sit-down strike in 1937, how did U.S. Steel react?

A) The company hired private detectives to infiltrate the Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
B) The company hired a private police force to prevent a sit-down.
C) The company offered a slight raise, but refused to recognize the Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
D) The company agreed to recognize the Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
E) The company asked several states to send a militia.

Sit-Down Strike

Tactic adopted by labor unions in the mid- and late 1930s, whereby striking workers refused to leave factories, making production impossible; proved highly effective in the organizing drive of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

U.S. Steel

An integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, founded in 1901 by J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and others, playing a significant role in the nation's industrial growth.

Steel Workers Organizing Committee

A group formed in the 1930s that aimed to unite steel workers for better wages, working conditions, and labor rights.