Trade Union Movies

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

An exploration of the past and future of the steel industry in America.

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is a 1979 documentary film directed by Lorraine Gray about the General Motors...

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...

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

Uncovers the crime, corruption, and sinister elements at the heart of Australia’s largest construction union, the CFMEU, exposing how bikies,...

Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive...

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

Migrating is seldom an easy solution. It is rather a journey, that begins with a journey. After more than eight years of campaigning, the immigrant...

Chronicles the industrial action leading up to the deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation.

Trade union leader Manuel Taborda, a pioneer of workers' organisations in the oil industry, recounts his experiences and those of his colleagues from...

A RECORD OF THE STRIKE AT GRUNWICK IN 1977. The story of the continuing struggle at Grunwick’s by mainly Indian workers, from July 11th, 1977...

Short documentary made under lockdown that looks at the crisis for renters during the pandemic.

NALGO campaign, highlighting Government cuts to public services.

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