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Witness To Revolution, The Story of Anna Louise Strong (1984)

13 Jun

27m; U.S.

Director: Lucy Ostrander

Synopsis: This film contains the history of the 1919 Seattle General Strike in the context of the life of Anna Louise Strong, a partisan and a journalist, who reported on the strike and also on the Everett, Washington Massacre, which also took place in the same year. The film provides a close up look at why the strike took place and how it affected the working people of Seattle and the world.

Contact: http://www.stourwater.com/

View Online here: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/witness_to_revolution

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Communism/Socialism, Documentary, Labor History, Organizing, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Women

 

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Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label (1995)

13 Jun

23m; U.S.

Director: National Labor Committee

Synopsis: Investigation of very young working women in the Free Trade Zone in Honduras and consequences on their lives due to exploitation (below subsistence wages, lack of access to education, health hazards, forced contraception, denied freedom, harassment, etc.). A National Labor Committee (NLC) representative speaks about workers’ actual wages, the cost of production (for ex., 12 cents for a 20$ Gap shirt), the US tax support for free trade zones, and the pressure on companies to produce in free trade zones and the effect on American workers. The NLC representative looks at the wider economic impact of paying low wages (trading with people earning wages below the subsistence level is impossible). Detailed interviews with workers. Heated discussion with management as the representative gets caught asking workers questions without management’s permission.

–http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaigns-list/839–dvd-title-zoned-for-slavery-the-child-behind-the-label

Contact: Available online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XtYhfcEZ9A

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Children, Documentary, Global Economy, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Textile Industry

 

Who’s Getting Rich and Why Aren’t You? (1996)

13 Jun

60m; U.S.

Synopsis: The eleventh CBS Report since 1993 provides an intimate look at the changing US economy and the middle class it is affecting, interviewing people whose stories represent the human aspects of profound economic change, from the entrepreneurs and specialists who became successful to the workers holding on to ideals that may no longer apply.

Contact: Available in 6 parts on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJcpO-pCdc&feature=plcp

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Class, Documentary, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), White Collar, Working Class

 

What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us? (2009)

13 Jun

2m; Australia

Director: Manic Studios

Synopsis: Riffing on the “What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?” skit from Monty Python’s Life of Brian this is a very funny skit where a bunch of business executives list off all the benefits unions have provided over the decades.

Contact: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=184NTV2CE_c

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Big Business/Corporations, Collective Bargaining, Comedy, Organizing, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

 

Westinghouse Works (1904)

13 Jun

40m; U.S.

Director: G.W. Bitzer

Synopsis (Wikipedia): A collection of 21 short films, averaging about three minutes each, taken of various Westinghouse manufacturing plants from April 13, 1904 to May 16, 1904. They were made by G. W. Bitzer of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, were shown at the Westinghouse Auditorium at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and may have been made for that purpose. At least 29 films were shot. The films are now part of the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

Contact: All available on Youtube via the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Works,_1904

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Labor History, Manufacturing, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

 

We Were There

13 Jun

5m; U.S.

Synopsis: Theme song by Bev Grant, written for a multi-media show by the same name, about women’s labor history.

Contact: available online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjnyk06MZRY

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Documentary, Labor History, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Women

 

The Trainee (2006)

13 Jun

9m; Singapore

Director: Craig Rosenthal

Synopsis: This amusing Asian short revolves around a loser whose efforts to rob a convenience store are foiled by his own repeated stupidity.

Contact: Youtube link to the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTWpbanE2M Found on 2007 Palm Springs Shorts Film Fest: http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19323&FID=31 hellocraigrosenthal@gmail.com

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Comedy, Crime-Action, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

 

The Janitor (2009)

13 Jun

7m

Director: Josephine Anderson

Synopsis: This short documentary follows the daily struggles of two janitors at a North American university. The film takes a critical look at the communication, or lack of communication, that happens between janitors and those that use the facilities they clean. Shot at Capilano University, in North Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Contact: Josephine Anderson josephineanderson@gmail.com http://www.youtube.com/user/joeyphine#p/a/u/0/yJuaMmjSJjM

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Documentary, Education, Service Workers, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

 

USW Local 6500 Xmas Party ’09 (2009)

13 Jun

3:50m; U.S.

Director: Stuart Cryer

Synopsis: Steelworkers local 6500 has been on strike against Vale-INCO for five months, so as the holiday season approaches, it’s time for their kids to have a bit of a celebration.

Contact: Stuart Cryer terraV@cyberbeach.net

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Children, Documentary, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

The Workout (2008)

13 Jun

11m; U.S.

Director: Sami Khan

Synopsis: Earving and his teenage son Terry don’t have the best relationship, so to get through this weekend they’re going to have to do some heavy lifting – literally.

Contact: View online – http://vimeo.com/12451848

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Drama, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Working Class

 
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