Description: The first book-length study of the Citizens Alliance, a union of Minneapolis business owners, detailing their use of financial and political power, as well as propaganda and brute force, in their campaign against organized labor.
Brief description: William Millikan is a historian, author, and researcher with a focus on the labor history in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. He has written numerous articles for Minnesota History magazine.
Review Quotes: A one-of-a-kind study, providing an insight into the complex nature of labor relations in the United States, a perspective on the power of class and business alliance in American politics, and an exploration into the ways powerful interests have used the state to distort the labor market, the workplace, and the political arena. This book will reshape the way we think and teach about labor and politics in the twentieth-century American city." -- Elizabeth Faue, author of Community of Suffering and Struggle: Women, Men, and the Labor Movement in Minneapolis, 1915-1945This valuable history of Minneapolis' most powerful business organization . . . details how employers secretly fought labor unions. . . . well-researched.--Minneapolis Star Tribune