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Newsies

This retro musical is based on real events. In the late 19th century, two major newspaper publishers in New York, the Journal and the World, conspired to raise the wholesale price of their publications.

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Bill Presser decides to leave the truck drivers' union council, but before that, he chooses to nominate his son Jackie as the new union leader in place of the suddenly missing Jimmy Hoffa. Jackie faces resistance from the leadership, but by establishing contacts with the FBI and the mafia, he begins to consolidate power using any means necessary, even…

Women's strike 1991 Switzerland | Women's strike day of June 14, 1991 / Der Aufstand gilt dem Patriarchat. Frauenstreik 14.Juni 1991

A short film about a campaign organized in 1991 by the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions to combat discrimination against women in the workplace, income, social security, and education. The campaign's slogan is particularly striking: "If women want it, everything will stop" (or, in another translation, "Everything will fall into place").

Riff-Raff

The film is dedicated to Britain construction workers who have come to London in search of a better life: migrants, homeless individuals, and guys recently released from prison. They all work, have fun, and try to survive in any way they can.

$4 a Day? No Way!: Joining Hands Across the Border

The story of Mexican Ford workers in Cuautitlán, whose fight for union democracy in 1990 was met with violence.

ABC OF STRIKE / ABC DA GREVE

A detailed look at the events that led to the continuous strikes that shut down many factories during the still repressive days of the military regime. The workers union, led by syndicalist Lula, demanded better work conditions and better payments, fighting not only against their exploitative bosses but also the political establishment of the time.

My Macondo

Inspired by the people and landscape of Colombia's Banana Zone, Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez created the Buendia family and the village of Macondo, placing them at the centre of his acclaimed novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Among the events described in Marquez' novel is the 1928 Banana Strike and the subsequent murder of 3 000…

María Cano

Colombia receives compensation from Panama and accepts foreign credit to undertake development projects, which leads to an increase in the number of workers, albeit with poor wages and terrible working conditions inherited from the colonial era. This is where María Cano emerges, a political activist who begins her struggle for the conditions of salaried…

Fredriksson's factory

The series is about the small Norwegian clothing factory "Fredriksson's fashion", which is run by the stated Swede, director Fredriksson. His seamstresses are four Norwegian women, who are more concerned with scrapping and pursuing their own things than working.

American Dream

The film is about the 6-month strike at Hormel Foods (Austin, Minnesota) in 1985-86. Local union P-9 rejects the company's decision to cut wages and declares a strike.

Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left (4-parts)

Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left is a three-part NFB documentary series tracing the evolution of Canada’s labour movement. It covers the movement’s early roots shaped by international socialist ideas, its explosive growth during the Great Depression through strikes and organizing, and its wartime transformation, which led to stronger unions,…

Santosh

An Indian intrigue. The ruthless Kamla falls in love with a poor man, marries him, and gives birth to Santosh.

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Set in New York, 1952. A six-month strike by the metalworkers' union at the Brickman Metals Co.

Roger & Me

The film masterfully directed by Michael Moore tells the story of how the American dream was buried in the town of Flint, Michigan, with the help of the auto giant General Motors. The plant was closed, leaving thirty thousand workers out of work.

Amor, mujeres y flores / Love, Women and Flowers

A documentary film that portrays the harsh working conditions on Colombia’s flower farms, where the workforce consists almost entirely of women.

To Kill a Priest

Warsaw, 1981. The "Solidarity" trade union movement takes a course of confrontation with the authorities.

Good faith - 50 years of peace agreements in the machinery and metal industries / Treu und Glauben - 50 Jahre Friedensabkommen in der Maschinen- und Metallindustrie

A short film exploring Switzerland's labor relations system, known as the "Labor Peace." The plot is simple: a journalist is assigned to write an article about the anniversary of the "peace agreement" between industrialists and trade unions in the metalworking and engineering sectors. She interviews workers and managers, shares her findings with the…

The Luddites

This historical drama, based on documents (except for the emotional scenes of negotiations and the execution of John Butt), focuses on the Luddite movement in the early 1810s in the Northwest of England. Textile workers, who called themselves Luddites, destroyed mechanical looms in factories, as the spread of these machines led to mass unemployment and…

Friends & Enemies

A film about defeat. A thousand workers rose up against the Southeast Queensland Electricity Board (SEQEB) management’s introduction of a new employment contract.

Clotario Blest

A life story and account of the struggles of the emblematic union leader (1899–1990), founder of the National Association of Public Employees (ANEF) and the first president of the Unified Workers’ Central (CUT). Inspired by Christian values, he renounced both his calling to the priesthood and romantic love in order to dedicate himself to union work.

Çark / Cogwheel

In the history of Turkish cinema with his scenario, which starts in the glass workshop and continues in the shipyard and extends to the leather workers with medieval workplace . the first pure workers He is considered one of [ 3 ] The director Muzaffer does not at all, but even though he was reluctant to shoot the film, he then gives up his idea and…

Business As Usual

The film is based on real events. An assistant manager at a boutique stands up for her employee, who is being sexually harassed by the store owner.

Comrades

This is the true story of six agricultural workers from the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, who, in 1834, formed a union bound by secret oaths and "intimidating" rituals. At the time, such oaths and rituals were considered a crime in England.

Matewan

The film is based on real and bloody events that took place in the town of Matewan, West Virginia, in 1920 during a strike by local miners at The Stone Mountain Coal Company, leading to a tragedy known in history as the "Matewan Massacre." The film's tagline: "It takes more than guns to kill a man."

10 Days... 48 Hours

After a six-month strike, the trawlers are once again heading out from Bonavista, bound for fishing grounds on the Grand Banks. In 10 days they will return with their catch ...

Act of Vengeance

A historical film where regional trade union leader Joseph Yablonski accused UMWA president Tony Boyle of corruption and undermining democracy. In 1969, Yablonski challenged Boyle for the presidency of the international union but was defeated.

The Real thing

In February 1984, the owners of a Coca-Cola plant (located about 10 minutes from downtown Guatemala City) informed its workers that, due to bankruptcy, the plant would close the next day. But the 460 workers refused to accept the loss of their jobs and the loss of their union, for which they had fought so hard and which had become one of the strongest…

The Life of Klim Samgin , The Sunday - episode 8

This series presents events in Saint Petersburg during the mass strike organized by the Assembly of Factory and Plant Workers. It is interesting how Gapon's character is portrayed, as well as the depiction of the events of Bloody Sunday in 1905.

Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

This docudrama, based on eyewitness accounts and court materials, tells the story of a 13-year saga (1949-1962) involving Harold Banks, a representative of the International Seafarers Union in Canada. Banks arrived in the country with the mission to eliminate communists from labor unions around the Great Lakes.

Final Offer

The film depicts the hard and complex collective negotiations in 1984 between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and General Motors. As a result, the Canadian branch of the UAW secured the best conditions for its members while simultaneously withdrawing from the multinational union.