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Union Roadshow: Organising EPZ Workers in Indonesia (2009)

13 Jun

10m; Indonesia

Synopsis: It has always been extremely difficult for unions to organise EPZ workers, with employers and even governments crushing unionisation attempts. But in Indonesia, unions are helping workers to move from temporary contracts to permanent employment. Wages are increasing and so is union membership. Premiered at the International Metalworkers’ Federation’s World Congress, Union Roadshow shows that there are reasons to be optimistic about the possibility of unionising EPZs, and aims to inspire unions in other parts of the world to intensify their efforts to organise EPZ workers.

Spanish Version here:
Roadshow Sindical: Sindicalizar las zonas francas de Indonesia

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Documentary, Global Economy, Organizing

 

Union at Work (1949)

13 Jun

30m; U.S.

Director: Textile Workers of America

Synopsis: Describes how the CIO organizes textile workers.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Labor History, Organizing, Textile Industry

 

The Valley of Decision (1945)

13 Jun

119m; U.S.

Director: Tay Garnett

Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck and Donald Crisp

Synopsis (IMDB): Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul’s engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Drama, Organizing, Romance, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

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Valley of Tears (2003)

13 Jun

82m; U.S.

Director: Hart Perry

Cast: Mikel Weisser

Synopsis (IMDB): “Valley of Tears” begins in 1979 with a farm strike in South Texas. When pistols were flourished and strike leaders arrested, migrant worker Juanita Valdez recalls: “We realized for the first time Mexican-Americans had rights, that we were the majority….that we were Americans.” It took over 20 years to document this dream come true.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Farm & Food, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

We Live on The Railroad (2007)

13 Jun

20m; Japan

Director: Doro-Chiba

Synopsis: Fight against privatization on Japanese rail lines.

 
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West Virginia Author – Shawn Bennett (2007)

13 Jun

25m; U.S.

Director: Gordon Simmons

Synopsis: Host Gordon Simmons interviews Shawn Bennett, the director of the new WV labor documentary, “The Battle of Local 5668.” Bennett talks about his father and family in Parkersburg. His father worked for years at the Ravenswood Aluminum plant including during the lock-out shown in his film. He also talks about spending several years making the film, commuting from his Hollywood job where he is currently trying to organize members of his profession.

Contact: http://librarycommission.lib.wv.us/html/ltn/index_ltn.html

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

Western Coal – An American Dilemma (1980)

13 Jun

21m; U.S.

Synopsis: This films investigates the various issues and conflicts arising out of the extensive strip mining activities in and around a small Montana town. One one side are the coal companies, ranchers who want to sell their land, work men who need jobs and merchants who need the business. On the other side are ranchers and towns people joined by legislators who are concerned about destruction of their land and their way of life. Supported by the Tri-State Humanities Commission. The film helped establish a dialogue between the opposing sides.

 
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What Does Trouble Mean? Nate Smith’s Revolution (2009)

13 Jun

56m; U.S.

Director: Jim Seguin

Synopsis: Bio-pic doc of Nate Smith who led protests against black exclusion from white unions.

Contact: http://www.natesmithmovie.ocm

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Blacks, Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Organizing

 

When Clouds Clear / Después de la Neblina (2008)

13 Jun

77m; Ecuador/U.S.

Director: Danielle Bernstein & Anne Slick

Synopsis: A documentary about the history and struggle of the remote Ecuadorian town, Junín and the conflicts that have arisen due to international mining interests.

Contact: Danielle Bernstein, Clear Films danielle@clearfilms.org

 
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When Miners March (2006)

13 Jun

7 discs

Director: Ross Ballard

Synopsis: William C. Blizzard, the son of Bill Blizzard, the “general” of the Battle of Blair Mountain, with the assistance of Wess Harris, compiled his many accounts of the West Virginia Mine Wars in his book, “When Miners March.” He had written most of the book for various labor publications anonymously in the 1950s. In 2005 Ross Ballard took the book and turned it into a monumental “audio movie,” complete with sound effects and original music. Songs on the special CD are by T. Paige Dalporto, Elaine Purkey, Hazel Dickens, Mike Morningstar, John Lilly and the Irish duo of Enda Cullen and Ian Smith.

Contact: http://www.mountainwhispers.com/MWGiftShop.htm.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Biography, Documentary, Labor History, Organizing, War

 

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