Labor Union Movies

The inside story of Polmaise Colliery and the miners who were the first to walk out and the last to go back to work during the miners' strike.

FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside...

This documentary film traces the struggle of Indian auto workers of the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar, near Delhi, in forming a union....

A Union's Story chronicles the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from its formation in 1903 to its current status as one of the most diverse and...

Chronicles the industrial action leading up to the deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation.

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

On May 1st, unions all over Japan celebrate May Day, the international day for workers. Workers gather together at parks and hold demonstrations and...

In their own words, this is the story of six women from the South Wales valleys and how they helped sustain the bitter year-long miners' strike,...

The film, which is the second part of an ongoing historical series, covers the seminal labor-related events which occurred between the late 1800's...

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

In 1981-2, the Kartemquin filmmakers returned to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds, trying to...

This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people....

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...

Documents the Cockatoo Island Dockyard occupation and industrial actions of 1989.

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...

Textile workers recall with pride the long- suppressed story of the General Textile Strike of 1934 when 500,000 Southern mill laborers walked off...

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...

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 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...