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Best Union Movies From the streets to the silver screen, America's unions have combined corruption, spectacle, and the quest for job equality. Here's a look at some of the best union movies.
Colored National Labor Union founded. [18] Uriah Stephens, pre-1882. Stephens (1821 - 1882) was a U.S. labor leader. He led nine Philadelphia garment workers to found the Knights of Labor in 1869, a more successful early national union. 1869 (United States) Uriah Smith Stephens organized a new union known as the Knights of Labor. [18] 1869 ...
Documentary films about the labor movement (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Films about the labor movement" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total.
Organized labor portal; Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor is a labor history book by Tom Juravich and Kate Bronfenbrenner.. Ravenswood chronicles the story of the United Steelworkers' two-year lockout (1991–1992) at the Ravenswood Aluminum plant in West Virginia, which was owned at the time by commodities trader Marc Rich.
Variety praised the acting in the film, writing, "Matewan is a heartfelt, straight-ahead tale of labor organizing in the coal mines of West Virginia in 1920 that runs its course like a train coming down the track. Among the memorable characters is Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a young union organizer who comes to Matewan to buck the bosses.
The American Federation of Labor union label, c. 1900 Samuel Gompers in 1894; he was the AFL leader 1886–1924. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions began in 1881 under the leadership of Samuel Gompers. Like the National Labor Union, it was a federation of different unions and did not directly enroll workers. Its original goals ...
An National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has ruled that two Hallmark movie productions violated federal labor law in 2021 when nine of its drivers were interrogated about their ...
Salt of the Earth is a 1954 American film drama written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert J. Biberman, and produced by Paul Jarrico.Because all three men were blacklisted by the Hollywood establishment due to their alleged involvement in communist politics, [1] Salt of the Earth was one of the first fully independent films made outside of the Hollywood studio system.