Question

Read and reread the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.

The officers of Local 25 sent them on to the owners — along with one more demand, recognition of the union. This came to mean the "closed shop." Only union members can work in a closed shop, since the only way to set uniform wages and standards is to have the union do it; otherwise employers would always try to undercut one another. And the union can standardize the industry only when it controls the supply of labor through the union shop.
Read and reread the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.
A strike fund would have to be raised, an information bureau set up where strikers could register for relief, or for help with legal and personal problems. Publicity was another vital need — photos and eyewitness accounts of workers on the picket lines being harassed by gorillas and police. The picket lines themselves would have to be organized.
Why was publicity a vital need for the strikers?
A.They needed help paying their bills while not working.
B.They needed to register for legal and personal information.
C.They needed the nation to hear and see their story.
D.They needed their picket lines to be organized.

Answer 1

Publicity was a vital need for strikers to gain public sympathy and support, shifting the narrative and influencing public opinion in their favor.

Step-by-step explanation:

Publicity was a vital need for the strikers mentioned in the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved because they needed the nation to hear and see their story (C). By gaining the public's attention through photos and eyewitness accounts of workers being harassed on the picket lines, strikers could garner public sympathy and support for their cause. During this time, there was widespread anti-union sentiment among the general public, and business owners often used various means to discredit unions. Public support could help to combat the negative portrayal of unions and show the true conditions and reasons behind the strike. Therefore, publicity was crucial in shifting the public narrative and ultimately influencing public opinion in favor of the striking workers, offering a counter-narrative to the one presented by business owners and anti-union entities.