The
economic decline of the United States furniture manufacturing
companies in the south has impacted the growth of that region
tremendously over the last ten or so years. What was once
the largest wood furniture manufacturing region has slowed
to a halt.
John Bassett III,
grandson of the Bassett Furniture Company founder, ultimately
sued and won a lawsuit that would save over 700 jobs and his
company.
Macy’s description
of the industry’s devastating decline and the effects
it had on the small town’s unemployment and moral is
enthralling.
With the overtaking
of outsourced furniture from places like China, furniture
making in the U.S. is virtually non-existent today. Macy humanizes
the industry, Bassett, and the community. Her presentation
is well organized, well researched, and well written.
Great
American story!
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