Beaten Down, Worked UpBy: Steven Greenhouse 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 nations landscape. Behind these trends lies a little discussed problem: the decades long decline in worker power. Award winning