How did U.S. Steel in 1937 respond to the newly formed Steel Workers' Organizing Committee?
A) It lived up to its reputation as "the crouching lion in the pathway of labor" and crushed the new union.
B) It countered with the establishment of a company-sponsored employee association.
C) It recognized the union, granted a wage increase, and agreed to a forty-hour week.
D) It engaged in a protracted dispute with the union which included a major strike over union recognition.
E) It closed down the union and drove the socialists and agitators off the property.
C
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a) mutual aid association b) abolitionist organization c) trading company d) volunteer militia
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