Labor Union Movies

  • 1929
    Yamamoto Senji Watanabe Masanosuke Worker-Farmer Funeral

    Yamamoto Senji Watanabe Masanosuke Worker-Farmer Funeral

    Yamamoto Senji Watanabe Masanosuke Worker-Farmer Funeral

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    After his Tokyo farewell ceremony, Yamamoto's ashes were sent to Kyoto on March 9. Many friends and citizens gathered at his home in Uji. On the 15th...

    Yamamoto Senji Watanabe Masanosuke Worker-Farmer Funeral
  • 2012
    Brothers on the Line

    Brothers on the Line

    Brothers on the Line

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    Brothers on the Line explores the extraordinary journey of the Reuther brothers – Walter, Roy, and Victor – union organizers whose...

    Brothers on the Line
  • 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...

  • 1984
    Unaru

    Unaru

    Unaru

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    Social drama realistically traces the trials and travails in the life of sincere men from impoverished backgrounds, who find themselves unable to get...

    Unaru
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2017
    Mémoires d'un condamné

    Mémoires d'un condamné

    Mémoires d'un condamné

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    Mémoires d'un condamné
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

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    In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police...

    Miners Shot Down
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1931
    Earth

    Earth

    Earth

    01931HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1948
    Anjangarh

    Anjangarh

    Anjangarh

    01948HD

    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
  • 2023
    Norwegian Dream

    Norwegian Dream

    Norwegian Dream

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    Robert moves from the Polish countryside to work on a fish processing factory on the coast of Norway. There he falls in love with Ivar who is openly...

    Norwegian Dream