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The Corporate Point of View
Goal: Students will gain insight into the Appleton Wire Works corporate point of view in the 1957 strike and their reasons for wanting to automate looms.
Objectives:
1) Students will analyze a letter written by William E. Buchanan (owner of Appleton Wire Works) in December, 1956.
2) Students will record observations about the letter’s content in questions 1 and 4.
3) Students will be able to define the term “union” in writing.
4) Students will infer why the union might be upset with the plan for multiple loom operation.
5) Students will be able to summarize Buchanan’s explanation of the positive results of automation for the workers.
6) Students will predict how workers might have reacted to Buchanan’s arguments.
Read the December 14, 1956 letter written by William E. Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan was the owner of the Appleton Wire Works company. As the owner of the company, he had an interest in keeping production costs low and profits high. Buchanan believed these goals could be accomplished by automating looms at the
1) According to Buchanan, for how long has the company been ready to change over to multiple loom operation? For how long have they been discussing their plans with the
2) What is a union? Look the term up in a dictionary and write the definition here.
3) Why do you think the
4) At the writing of this letter, how much time was left until the extended contract expired?
5) What does Buchanan say is a positive result of automation for the worker?
6) How do you think workers might have reacted to Buchanan’s arguments?
Letter written by management about the company's position, December 14, 1957
