Labor Union Movies

  • 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
  • 2019
    Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union

    Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union

    Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union

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    In a highly controversial move, the Justice Department used the RICO statute to take over the entire International Brotherhood of Teamsters, denying...

    Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union
  • 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
  • 2021
    In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves

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    An explosion in one of the largest chemical plants in Europe, the Petrochemical complex in Tarragona, triggers the labour struggle of a group of...

    In Spite of Ourselves
  • 1996
    The Road Taken

    The Road Taken

    The Road Taken

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    This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways...

    The Road Taken
  • 1978
    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

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    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is a 1979 documentary film directed by Lorraine Gray about the General Motors...

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
  • 2014
    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

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    Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from...

    The Miners' Strike and Me
  • 1993
    Fish or Cut Bait

    Fish or Cut Bait

    Fish or Cut Bait

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    In the 1970's, filmmakers Tom Burger, Bill McKiggan and Chuck Lapp began documenting the history and current struggles of inshore fishermen in...

    Fish or Cut Bait
  • 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
  • 2012
    As Goes Janesville

    As Goes Janesville

    As Goes Janesville

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    A documentary of Janesville trying to recover from the closing of the GM automobile plant, in the midst of very divisive and historic political...

    As Goes Janesville
  • 2007
    Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Woman

    Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Woman

    Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Woman

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    Documentary overview of the life and causes of "Mother" Jones.

    Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Woman
  • 2024
    Invisible Labor

    Invisible Labor

    Invisible Labor

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    Marcos then, Marcos now. Filipino workers unite and lead the struggle for economic and political rights, determined to shape the course of history....

    Invisible Labor
  • 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
  • 1981
    A Century of Struggle

    A Century of Struggle

    A Century of Struggle

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    A Century of Struggle chronicles the hundred-year history of the NZ Seamen’s Union from its formation in 1879. Using original film and archive...

    A Century of Struggle
  • 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
  • 1970
    Finally Got the News

    Finally Got the News

    Finally Got the News

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    FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside...

    Finally Got the News
  • 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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    Taylor Chain I tells the gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory during 1973-74. Volatile union meetings and...

    Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local
  • 2015
    Plutocracy I: Divide and Rule

    Plutocracy I: Divide and Rule

    Plutocracy I: Divide and Rule

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    History of US labor movements and their suppression. It includes sections on the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

    Plutocracy I: Divide and Rule
  • 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
  • 1931
    Earth

    Earth

    Earth

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    A main agenda of the prewar farmer's movement was struggle against landowners. Prokino also considered this as their prime concern. The main title...

    Earth