Labor Union Movies

  • 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
  • 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
    Conversations Between Shifts

    Conversations Between Shifts

    Conversations Between Shifts

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    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
  • 1991

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

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    For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2025
    Partners

    Partners

    Partners

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    When a group of baristas in Buffalo, New York announce their intention to start a labor union, Starbucks responds with an elaborate, illegal...

    Partners
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    O Vozerio

    O Vozerio

    O Vozerio

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    O Vozerio
  • 2025
    Partners

    Partners

    Partners

    02025HD

    The story of how a group of baristas in Buffalo, New York announce their intention to form a labor union, and how Starbucks responds with an...

    Partners
  • 1916
    The Bruiser

    The Bruiser

    The Bruiser

    01916HD

    Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.

    The Bruiser
  • 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