Jeffrey D. Kleiman. Strike! How the Furniture Workers Strike of 1911 Changed Grand Rapids.(Book review)

Michigan Historical Review | March 22, 2007| | Copyright

Jeffrey D. Kleiman. Strike! How the Furniture Workers Strike of 1911 Changed Grand Rapids. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 2006. Pp. 165. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Maps. Notes. Paper, $14.95.

The causes of the 1911 Grand Rapids furniture workers strike are familiar to historians. The four-month strike was a result of the clash between liberty of contract and collective bargaining. Before the strike, the furniture manufacturers cooperated to control and successfully "rationalize" the Grand Rapids marketplace through several "mutually advantageous groups" ...

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