Labor Union Movies

The inside story of Polmaise Colliery and the miners who were the first to walk out and the last to go back to work during the miners' strike.

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

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

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source...

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

This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people....

Traces the story of the 25-year struggle of Fieldcrest-Cannon textile workers to form a union in the face of modernization and globalization.

In the second largest school district in the United States, 98% of teachers vote to authorize a strike. Watch as one of the largest educator strikes...

Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from...

Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.

Documentary about a man remembering his struggles while floating on a boat down a river.

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...

A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's (which was urged by the U.S.) effort eradicate coca...

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

History of US labor movements and their suppression. It includes sections on the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

A documentary film showcasing the ascension of the state of Virginia from its rank of 51st worst state for labor unions, to 23rd, in a matter of just...

FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside...

A description of the work of a research director of a United Steel Workers Union in Canada. The painstaking research and analyses of economic...

This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways...