Labor Union Movies

  • 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
    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
  • 1983
    Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining

    Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining

    Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining

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    In 1981-2, the Kartemquin filmmakers returned to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds, trying to...

    Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining
  • 1934
    Borinage

    Borinage

    Borinage

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    Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.

    Borinage
  • 1944
    Hell-Bent for Election

    Hell-Bent for Election

    Hell-Bent for Election

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    A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is...

    Hell-Bent for Election
  • 2015
    The Factory

    The Factory

    The Factory

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    This documentary film traces the struggle of Indian auto workers of the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar, near Delhi, in forming a union....

    The Factory
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2016
    Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever

    Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever

    Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever

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    The film, which is the second part of an ongoing historical series, covers the seminal labor-related events which occurred between the late 1800's...

    Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever
  • 2008
    Contract

    Contract

    Contract

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    Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.

    Contract
  • 1953
    The Grievance Hearing

    The Grievance Hearing

    The Grievance Hearing

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    Presents a case history of a grievance case from the initial causes to the final settlement. Shows how grievance hearings enable labor unions and...

    The Grievance Hearing
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    The War You and I

    The War You and I

    The War You and I

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    With the unexpected dismissal of 2045 workers, the strike by Ssangyong employees has received the most public support and attention since the IMF. It...

    The War You and I
  • 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
  • 1973
    24 Hours or More

    24 Hours or More

    24 Hours or More

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    This feature film made during an exceptionally feverish period of popular revolt that saw the coming together of Quebec’s 3 main unions (CSN,...

    24 Hours or More
  • 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
  • 1931
    The 12th Tokyo May Day

    The 12th Tokyo May Day

    The 12th Tokyo May Day

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    On May 1st, unions all over Japan celebrate May Day, the international day for workers. Workers gather together at parks and hold demonstrations and...

    The 12th Tokyo May Day
  • 1970
    Feedback

    Feedback

    Feedback

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    A documentary about teachers' strikes in Iceland in the latter half of the 20th century with a special focus on 1995.

    Feedback
  • 2021
    Strike

    Strike

    Strike

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    In 1910, women working in the silk industry in Bursa, protest against the working conditions. They go on strike.

    Strike