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Bread and Roses: The Lawrence Textile Strike
6:17m The Lawrence Textile Strike was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. Prompted by one mill owner’s decision to lower wages...
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Union Women, Union Power: From the Shopfloor to the Streets
30 min Filmmakers: Dina Yarmos and Sandra Jeong-In Lane Highlighting five rank and file union women from different sectors across Philadelphia, “Union Women Union Power” introduces viewers to recent...
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Citizen Koch (2013)
90 min – Documentary | Drama – January 2013 (USA) Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin Writers: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin Stars: Floyd Abrams, Paul Booth, James Bopp Set against the rise of the Tea Party...
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Union Time
15-min teaser Filmmaker: Matthew Barr A true David versus Goliath story, “Union Time” is a promotional teaser for a documentary in production about the successful fight to unionize the world’s largest...
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Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013)
91 min – Documentary | Adventure | Biography Director: Anthony Powell Writers: Anthony Powell, Simon Price Stars: Anthony Powell, Genevieve Bachman, William Brotman A visually stunning chronicle of...
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Bonus March on Washington, DC: 1932
In 1932, unemployed veterans marched on Washington, DC demanding payment of a bonus due in the future. The “bonus marchers” were routed by the military on orders of President Hoover. The idea of World...
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IBEW: Lighting the Path
Published on Oct 24, 2014 “Our smiles can light up a room. Our work can light up an entire city. We’re the men and women of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.” Outreach video for...
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Flint Sitdown Strike — Part 1
1937, Flint, PBS, Walter Reuther and the Rise of the UAW, 15 minutes
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A Job at Ford’s: PBS Great Depression Series (1993
episode 1 (60 min.) Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy. His offer of high...
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New Deal, New York: PBS Great Depression Series (1993)
Episode 3 (60 min.) In his first one hundred days in office, in a effort to stem the effects of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created many new federal agencies giving jobs and relief to...
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We Have a Plan: PBS Great Depression Series (1993)
Episode 4 (60 min.) By 1934 challenges to the New Deal came from both sides of the political spectrum. In California Socialist Upton Sinclair ran for Governor promising to turn idle land and factories...
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Labor Unrest in Coal During and After WW2
Newsreel, 4 minutes A strike in the coal industry during World War II leads to government intervention. After the war, another strike creates a pension fund. This video, made by the the United Mine...
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Strikes Threaten Industry (1946 strike wave)
Newsreel, 6 minutes A wave of strikes occurred in 1946 after World War II ended and wartime wage-price controls began to erode. Here we see clips on labor disputes at Western Electric, Western Union,...
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Deadline for Action (A 1946 Call To Action Pt 1)
21 minutes This film produced by The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) gives a taste of the post WWII politics that led to the Taft-Hartley Act that restricts the ability of...
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