Labor Stories - 1975 - Facets - Kartemquin films

Title: Labor Stories Publisher: Facets Multimedia Year: 2006 Genre: Documentary Language: English Web: http://www.kartemquin.com/ From acclaimed Chicago filmmaking collective Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams) comes a collection of three important Labor Stories of the 1970s. These films not only allowed the workers and their unions to tell their compelling stories but they also affected the course of events for each union. HSA Strike - 75 documents a group of doctors who strike for the right to unionize at Chicago's Cook County Hospital. U.E. Wells captures the United Electrical Workers' efforts to organize a cast-iron foundry. Finally, What's Happening at Local 70 follows the experiences of unemployment compensation workers who strike because of working conditions. USA, 1975, 55 mins. UE/Wells 1975 15 minutes http://www.kartemquin.com/films/ue-wells UE/Wells follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago. The multi-ethnic work force of Polish, Arab, Jewish, Hispanic and African American men and women unite together despite the company?s efforts to use race as a wedge to divide them. HSA Hospital Strike '75 1975 20 minutes A union of interns and residents at Chicago?s only public hospital are forced the strike for better patient care. This film documents their eighteen-day strike. What's Happening at Local 70? 1975 20 Minutes Shot edited and screened on the same day. In support of strikers at Local 70, Chicago. The strikers were fired. Keywords_________ Kartemquin Films, Chicago Film, Labor Issues, Labour, Strike, Management, Hoop Dreams, Collective

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powderkegz (2010-05-20)

Any chance for a 2nd reseed?
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