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Jun 12, 2022 · The best labor movies, union movies, and worker movies you can watch at home on streaming services like Netflix and others.
- Salt of the Earth (US, 1954) Directed by Herbert Biberman, Salt of the Earth is famous in film history because nearly everyone involved in making the movie was blacklisted by Hollywood as part of the Red Scare of the 1950s, also known as the McCarthy Era for Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy.
- On the Waterfront (US, 1954) For many people of a certain age, Elia Kazan’s movie of conflict on the docks between a brutal union leader (Johnny Friendly, played by Lee J. Cobb) and a disillusioned dockworker (Marlon Brando) was their first introduction to the idea of a union and it was not a positive image.
- The Pajama Game (US, 1957) At first glance, The Pajama Game is just another Hollywood musical based, in this case, on the play of the same name and featuring the song “Steam Heat.”
- I’m All Right, Jack (UK, 1959) John Boulting directed this satirical British film about the plot of a sinister company owner to drive the price of his product up by inciting the workers to strike, and then having the business transferred to a rival company, which he also secretly owns.
- The Killing Floor (1984) The Killing Floor, directed by Bill Duke, follows the life of Frank Custer (played by Damien Leake), a Black Southerner, who travels to Chicago during World War 1.
- Norma Rae (1979) This American classic stars Sally Field, playing the role of Norma Rae Webster, based on the life of Crystal Lee Suton, a union organizer who was fired from textile company J.P. Stevens, for copying an anti-union letter from the bulletin board in the office.
- Bread and Roses (2000) Ken Loach’s film is about the struggle of janitorial workers and their fight for the right to unionize. Bread and Roses centers on the lives of two immigrant sisters from Mexico, working as janitors in downtown L.A.
- Parasite (2019) Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar winning Parasite is a South Korean film about a poor family that scams a rich family into hiring the whole family in various domestic jobs.
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
May 9, 2023 · In honor of the ongoing WGA strike, a film critic suggests the very best movies to watch about workers, unions, and screenwriters.
Aug 21, 2023 · From the biographical tale of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa portrayed by Jack Nicholson in Hoffa, to classics like On The Waterfront starring Marlon Brando, and hits such as The Pajama Game, Norma...
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My favourite movies about labor unions/labor union work. Listed in order from best to not so best. :-) Organize!
