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Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1101874430
ISBN-13
9781101874431
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038853337
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beaten Down, Worked Up : the Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Labor
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-055786
Reviews
"In this riveting account of the rise and fall of organized labor, Steven Greenhouse tells the stories of courageous men and women who put their jobs and often their lives on the line to help American workers gain the income and the dignity they deserve. After World War II, when more than a third of American workers in the private sector belonged to labor unions, workers had enough power to demand that wages keep up with productivity gains. The consequence was the greatest middle class in the history of the world. But over the past forty years, as union membership has declined, America's middle class has waned. Greenhouse outlines how a worker's movement could be rekindled, and why it must be. Deeply inspiring and profoundly important." --Robert B. Reich, former Secretary of Labor and author of, most recently, The Common Good "Steven Greenhouse has been a paragon of labor reporting for decades. This crucial book--comprehensive, deeply informed and empathic--is something of a culmination of his efforts, capturing both the outrage of exploitation and the excitement of new movements. It's an inspiring, richly-sourced account of what American work and workers really mean today." --Alissa Quart, author of Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America, "In this riveting account of the rise and fall of organized labor, Steven Greenhouse tells the stories of courageous men and women who put their jobs and often their lives on the line to help American workers gain the income and the dignity they deserve. After World War II, when more than a third of American workers in the private sector belonged to labor unions, workers had enough power to demand that wages keep up with productivity gains. The consequence was the greatest middle class in the history of the world. But over the past forty years, as union membership has declined, America's middle class has waned. Greenhouse outlines how a worker's movement could be rekindled, and why it must be. Deeply inspiring and profoundly important." --Robert B. Reich, former Secretary of Labor and author of, most recently, The Common Good "Steven Greenhouse has been a paragon of labor reporting for decades. This crucial book--comprehensive, deeply informed and empathic--is something of a culmination of his efforts, capturing both the outrage of exploitation and the excitement of new movements. It's an inspiring, richly-sourced account of what American work and workers really mean today." --Alissa Quart, author of Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America "Steve Greenhouse is himself an integral part of labor union history. He covered the work place for The New York Times for nearly twenty years, and set a masterful standard for his field. Greenhouse well knows that organized labor had a major part in turning America into a middle-class nation, and once it lost influence, income inequality soared. In this exceptional book, he tells us the story of labor in America by highlighting the key victories and defeats of labor unions from its high point of influence in the 1950s to its depths since Ronald Reagan's presidency. Can a reinvigorated union movement reverse inequality? He finds green shoots of hope today, such as the movement for a $15 minimum wage." --Jeff Madrick, author of Age of Greed
Synopsis
"A page-turning book that spans a century of worker strikes.... Engrossing, character-driven, panoramic." -- The New York Times Book Review We live in an era of soaring corporate profits and anemic wage gains, one in which low-paid jobs and blighted blue-collar communities have become a common feature of our nation's landscape. Behind these trends lies a little-discussed problem: the decades-long decline in worker power. Award-winning journalist and author Steven Greenhouse guides us through the key episodes and trends in history that are essential to understanding some of our nation's most pressing problems, including increased income inequality, declining social mobility, and the concentration of political power in the hands of the wealthy few. He exposes the modern labor landscape with the stories of dozens of American workers, from GM employees to Uber drivers to underpaid schoolteachers. Their fight to take power back is crucial for America's future, and Greenhouse proposes concrete, feasible ways in which workers' collective power can be--and is being--rekindled and reimagined in the twenty-first century. Beaten Down, Worked Up is a stirring and essential look at labor in America, poised as it is between the tumultuous struggles of the past and the vital, hopeful struggles ahead. A PBS NewsHour Now Read This Book Club Pick, From the longtime New York Times labor correspondent, an in-depth look at working men and women in America, the challenges they face, and how they can be re-empowered In an era when corporate profits have soared while wages have flatlined, millions of Americans are searching for ways to improve their lives, and they're often turning to labor unions and worker action, whether #RedforEd teachers' strikes or the Fight for $15. Wage stagnation, low-wage work, and blighted blue-collar communities have become an all-too-common part of modern-day America, and behind these trends is a little-discussed problem: the decades-long decline in worker power. Steven Greenhouse sees this decline reflected in some of the most pressing problems facing our nation today, including income inequality, declining social mobility, the gender pay gap, and the concentration of political power in the hands of the wealthy. He rebuts the often-stated view that labor unions are outmoded--or even harmful--by recounting some of labor's victories, and the efforts of several of today's most innovative and successful worker groups. He shows us the modern labor landscape through the stories of dozens of American workers, from G.M. workers to Uber drivers, and we see how unions historically have empowered--and lifted--the most marginalized, including young women garment workers in New York in 1909, black sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968, and hotel housekeepers today. Greenhouse proposes concrete, feasible ways in which workers' collective power can be--and is being--rekindled and reimagined in the twenty-first century.
LC Classification Number
HD8072.5.G739 2019
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