Labor Union Movies

Documentary overview of the life and causes of "Mother" Jones.

Discontent, radicalism, and violence permeated the U.S. Northwest in the early decades of the twentieth century. Tens of thousands of workers...

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source...

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...

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 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 historical drama set in 1889, Chandler's Mill examines the plight of workers, and particularly child workers, in the New Brunswick wool industry....

A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. Michelle is married to Gary, a...

On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of...

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

A documentary of Janesville trying to recover from the closing of the GM automobile plant, in the midst of very divisive and historic political...

Circumstances force the union leader of a factory to marry his own boss, a rich and arrogant lady who has ulterior motives.

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...

In 1910, women working in the silk industry in Bursa, protest against the working conditions. They go on strike.

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...

Short documentary on the shunters in the Darling Island, Sydney, Australia railyard. Filmed in 1977.

Eugene Debs & the American Movement is an educational video that documents fifty years of long-suppressed history. Using extensively researched...

A Century of Struggle chronicles the hundred-year history of the NZ Seamen’s Union from its formation in 1879. Using original film and archive...

Marcos then, Marcos now. Filipino workers unite and lead the struggle for economic and political rights, determined to shape the course of history....