Labor Union Movies

  • 1980
    Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local

    Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local

    Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local

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    During a 7-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory in 1973-74, volatile union meetings and tension-filled interactions on the picket line...

    Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local
  • 1970
    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters; A union's story

    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters; A union's story

    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters; A union's story

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    A Union's Story chronicles the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from its formation in 1903 to its current status as one of the most diverse and...

    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters; A union's story
  • 2018
    Main basse sur l'énergie

    Main basse sur l'énergie

    Main basse sur l'énergie

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    Main basse sur l'énergie
  • 1993
    The River Ran Red

    The River Ran Red

    The River Ran Red

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    Blair Brown narrates this gripping account of a community's struggle to preserve its way of life. In the summer of 1892, a bitter conflict erupted at...

    The River Ran Red
  • 1995
    Justice in the Coalfields

    Justice in the Coalfields

    Justice in the Coalfields

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    This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people....

    Justice in the Coalfields
  • 2012
    A Struggle to Remember

    A Struggle to Remember

    A Struggle to Remember

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    The video documentary "A Struggle to Remember: Fighting for Our Families" puts faces and narratives to the story of the struggle for family leave in...

    A Struggle to Remember
  • 1954
    The Research Director

    The Research Director

    The Research Director

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    A description of the work of a research director of a United Steel Workers Union in Canada. The painstaking research and analyses of economic...

    The Research Director
  • 1990
    Chandler's Mill

    Chandler's Mill

    Chandler's Mill

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    A historical drama set in 1889, Chandler's Mill examines the plight of workers, and particularly child workers, in the New Brunswick wool industry....

    Chandler's Mill
  • 1970
    The Occupation of Cockatoo Island 1989

    The Occupation of Cockatoo Island 1989

    The Occupation of Cockatoo Island 1989

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    Documents the Cockatoo Island Dockyard occupation and industrial actions of 1989.

    The Occupation of Cockatoo Island 1989
  • 1969
    Do You Think A Job Is the Answer?

    Do You Think A Job Is the Answer?

    Do You Think A Job Is the Answer?

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    In response to the Detroit riots of 1967, where racial tensions in the city reached a breaking point, the city decided that the way to resolve these...

    Do You Think A Job Is the Answer?
  • 2007
    Cocalero

    Cocalero

    Cocalero

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    A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's (which was urged by the U.S.) effort to eradicate...

    Cocalero
  • 1948
    Anjangarh

    Anjangarh

    Anjangarh

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    When a local mining company dares to provide its workers a fair wage for a fair day's work, and lets its workers unionize, the kingdom's villainous...

    Anjangarh
  • 1996
    The Road Taken

    The Road Taken

    The Road Taken

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    Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their...

    The Road Taken
  • 2023
    State of the Union

    State of the Union

    State of the Union

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    A documentary film showcasing the ascension of the state of Virginia from its rank of 51st worst state for labor unions, to 23rd, in a matter of just...

    State of the Union
  • 2017
    Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars

    Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars

    Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars

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    Filmmaker Gary Kaunonen of KCC-TV in International Falls just released a new documentary about a pivotal time in Northern Minnesota’s labor...

    Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars
  • 2004
    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

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    Traces the story of the 25-year struggle of Fieldcrest-Cannon textile workers to form a union in the face of modernization and globalization.

    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill
  • 2019
    Labor Wars of the Northwest

    Labor Wars of the Northwest

    Labor Wars of the Northwest

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    Discontent, radicalism, and violence permeated the U.S. Northwest in the early decades of the twentieth century. Tens of thousands of workers...

    Labor Wars of the Northwest
  • 2023
    When We Fight

    When We Fight

    When We Fight

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    In the second largest school district in the United States, 98% of teachers vote to authorize a strike. Watch as one of the largest educator strikes...

    When We Fight
  • 2018
    Green Days

    Green Days

    Green Days

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    Sulan, who works in a factory in the summer of 1978, begins learning photos with other female workers from Seok-yoon, the owner of the photo studio...

    Green Days
  • 2011
    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

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    This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

    These were the reasons