Labor Union Movies

  • 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
    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
  • 2021
    Conversations Between Shifts

    Conversations Between Shifts

    Conversations Between Shifts

    02021HD

    A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and...

    Conversations Between Shifts
  • 2021
    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

    02021HD

    On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of...

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain
  • 2021
    In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves

    02021HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2017
    Plutocracy III: Class War

    Plutocracy III: Class War

    Plutocracy III: Class War

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    The early struggles of the working class are placed under a microscope in Plutocracy III: Class War, the latest chapter in an exceptionally well...

    Plutocracy III: Class War
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Solidarity According To Women

    Solidarity According To Women

    Solidarity According To Women

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    It was women who closed the gates and launched the Solidarity strike when, on a Saturday in August 1980, workers, satisfied with a raise, stopped...

    Solidarity According To Women
  • 2009
    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

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    In the winter of 2002-'03, as the US was building its case to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series fo the largest peace...

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War
  • 2011
    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta

    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta

    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta

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    An in-depth look at the early 2011 crisis for public sector unions in Wisconsin, and why it matters in Alberta.

    Wisconsin Crisis: Why it matters to Alberta
  • 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
  • 1981
    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union

    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union

    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union

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    Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber...

    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2008
    Haiti's Tourniquet

    Haiti's Tourniquet

    Haiti's Tourniquet

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    The Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH) invited an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) delegation to Haiti to learn about their fight against...

    Haiti's Tourniquet