Displeased with their treatment by employers, workers demanded furniture companies to provide increased pay, lower work hours and the creation of collective ...
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Aug 4, 2016 · Over 6,000 workers went on strike in April of 1911 against poor wages, long hours and exploitative working conditions. The furniture barons ...
Jun 30, 2007 · And on April 19, 1911, 4,000 furniture workers took off their shop aprons and walked away from the job. They asked for a nine-hour work day at ...
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In mid-April 1911, growing tensions between furniture manufacturers and factory workers erupted in a city-wide strike that affected nearly every company and ...
Sep 4, 2023 · Over 6,000 workers went on strike in April of 1911 against poor wages, long hours and exploitative working conditions. The furniture barons ...
furniture manufacturers to crush organized labor. V. F.. October 16, 1911. HISTORY of the Grand Rapids Furniture Strike. For nineteen weeks the furniture ...
The "Spirit of Solidarity" monument pays tribute to the 1911 furniture worker strike with three granite statues, including a woman hiding rocks under her skirt ...
Oct 9, 2022 · The tension had been building for years, but in 1911, most of Grand Rapids' furniture workers had had enough and walked off the job.
Nov 30, 2022 · 1911 Grand Rapids, a booming furniture town · How the businesses excerted cotnrol over the city · Widdicomb plant riot · Workers' Perspective · The ...
How the Furniture Workers Strike of 1911 Changed Grand Rapids
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Fascinating history of GR. This book helps put in perspective the current structure of city government. I only wish there were a whole series for various pieces ...