Labor Union Movies
- 1987
Comrades
Comrades6.9411987HD
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign...
- 1984
A Matter of Sex
A Matter of Sex7.51984HD
Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing...
- 1950
Chance of a Lifetime
Chance of a Lifetime6.31950HD
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
- 2017
Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars
Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars02017HD
Filmmaker Gary Kaunonen of KCC-TV in International Falls just released a new documentary about a pivotal time in Northern Minnesota’s labor...
- 1934
Borinage
Borinage6.21934HD
Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.
- 1990
American Dream
American Dream7.11990HD
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local...
- 1991
"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s
"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s61991HD
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...
- 2024
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story02024HD
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story dives deep into the lives beyond the court of the next generation of basketball luminaries, Jonquel Jones, Nneka...
- 1959
The Big Operator
The Big Operator5.81959HD
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van...
- 2009
Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War
Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War02009HD
In the winter of 2002-'03, as the US was building its case to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series fo the largest peace...
- 2008
Haiti's Tourniquet
Haiti's Tourniquet02008HD
The Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH) invited an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) delegation to Haiti to learn about their fight against...
- 2002
An Injury to One
An Injury to One6.52002HD
An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.
- 2024
Strike! The Village That Fought Back
Strike! The Village That Fought Back02024HD
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.
- 1944
Hell-Bent for Election
Hell-Bent for Election5.31944HD
A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is...
- 2024
Strike! The Women Who Fought Back
Strike! The Women Who Fought Back02024HD
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,...
- 2008
Contract
Contract02008HD
Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.
- 1981
The Willmar 8
The Willmar 861981HD
Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.
- 1990
The Night Before the Strike
The Night Before the Strike6.21990HD
There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. Ju Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member...
- 2021
In Spite of Ourselves
In Spite of Ourselves02021HD
An explosion in one of the largest chemical plants in Europe, the Petrochemical complex in Tarragona, triggers the labour struggle of a group of...
- 1996
The Road Taken
The Road Taken01996HD
This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways...