Labor Union Movies

Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.

Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber...

How does a country go from a dictatorship to a democracy? A detailed report on the political representation in the heart of the Spanish Transition,...

A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and...

July, 1936. The terrible Spanish Civil War begins. When the streets are taken by the working class, the social revolution begins as well. The public...

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van...

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...

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

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

An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.

Blair Brown narrates this gripping account of a community's struggle to preserve its way of life. In the summer of 1892, a bitter conflict erupted at...

Brothers on the Line explores the extraordinary journey of the Reuther brothers – Walter, Roy, and Victor – union organizers whose...

Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.

Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story dives deep into the lives beyond the court of the next generation of basketball luminaries, Jonquel Jones, Nneka...

An in-depth look at the early 2011 crisis for public sector unions in Wisconsin, and why it matters in Alberta.

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

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

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