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Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor

Steven Greenhouse
Adult Nonfiction - 331.8809 Gre

From the longtime New York Times labor correspondent comes an in-depth look at working men and women in America, the challenges they face, and how they can be re-empowered.

 

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  • An African American and Latinx History of the United States


  • Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make this Country Work


  • The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America


  • Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical


  • Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America


  • The Jungle


  • The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers' Movement


  • There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America


  • Labor Rising: The Past and Future of Working People in America


  • Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement


  • Angela Davis: An Autobiography


  • Triangle: The Fire That Changed America


  • Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor


  • Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray


  • Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story


  • The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon


  • Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America


  • Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights


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