Steven Greenhouse
Author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
About the Author
Steven Greenhouse has been the labor and workplace correspondent for the New York Times since 1995.
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Works by Steven Greenhouse
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor (2019) 121 copies, 3 reviews
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I was wrong.
Instead of being a complete history of the labor movement, it was episodic, exploring key bits of important history.
These included the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and of course, the 1968 Sanitations Workers’ strike that brought Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee where King was assassinated.
It goes on to examine more modern strikes by nurses and teachers who are not just striking for higher wages or better working conditions, but for better care for their patients and pupils.
It also expands on the current issue for a $15 minimum wage. The author argues that a larger piece of the pie for workers who are not making even a subsistence living is what will create a healthy economy.
Well written and very informative.… (more)