Q2: What perspective did management hold when it came to unions and/or strikes?
Formative Performance Task:
Students will analyze the primary sources in an effort to understand the perspective that GM management/officials held regarding the Flint-Sit Down Strike and/or unionization.
Students should highlight and annotate the primary sources as they read before sharing their ideas with a small collaborative group.
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Homer Martin to Sloan and Knudsen of GM
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A letter from Homer Martin, UAW president, addressed to Alfred Sloan and William Knudsen, General Motors executives, outlining the workers' demands in the Flint Sit-Down Strike
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Homer Martin
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January 4, 1937
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letter
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LP0000112_009_001_l
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English
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Alfred Sloan to workers
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A letter sent to General Motors workers by president Alfred Sloan refusing to recognize the UAW
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Alfred Sloan
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January 5, 1937
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letter
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LP0000112_009_001_a
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English
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Mr. Homer Martin's Answer to Mr. Sloan
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A press release issued by the UAW in response to GM's refusal to bargain with the UAW.
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United Automobile Workers of America, Publicity Department
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January 6, 1937
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press release
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LP0000112_009_001_m
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English
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Flint Sit-Down Strike
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