LABOR CENTER VIDEO LIBRARY
The Center loans videotapes free of charge to schools, unions, and other community groups. Refundable $10 required per video/DVD
9 to 5 (DVD,110 min., 1980) Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton kidnap their sexist boss and take over the department.
10,000 Black Men Named George (DVD, 89 min., 2002) Docudrama of the life of A. Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
America - What Went Wrong (116 min.) This two part series hosted by Bill Moyers , surveys the growing income and opportunity disparities in American life in 1980s through interviews with business leaders, politicians and workers.
 American Dream (DVD, 102 min., 1992) Barbara Koppel's documentary on the 1984 strike at the Minnesota Hormel plant.
America 's Victory - The 1997 UPS Strike (version 2, 10 min.) The Teamsters defeat the packaging giant in a brilliantly executed public campaign.
Ant Bully (DVD, 89 min., 2006, Animation.) Ants retaliate after they reduce the “Destroyer” to their size.
Arbitration :The Truth of the Matter (48 min., 1976) A key issue in arbitration is credibility of the witnesses. The arbitrator examines the testimony of witnesses and comments on the effectiveness of their presentations.
At The River I Stand (56 min., 1993) Traces the Memphis struggle, showing how sanitation workers remained steadfast in their determination to prove that they were “men” with the help of M.L. King. Babies and Banners (45 min., 1978) Explores women's key role in winning the historic 1937 GM sit-down strike.
Big H (25 min.) A film-noir detective story that is also an introduction to the history of working people and the problems of understanding the past.
Big One (DVD, 91 min., 1998) Michael Moore asks why companies are laying off workers while reaping huge profits.
Billy Elliot (DVD, 111 min., 2000) The story of a young boy from a mine-working family embroiled in a strike battle who discovers a passion for ballet that changes his life.
Bound for Glory (DVD, 146 min., 1976) David Carradine rides the rails as the legendary Woody Guthrie in Hal Ashby's biopic.
Brassed Off (DVD, 101 min., 1997) British coal miners prepare for the big brass band competition as the government plans to close the pits.
Breads and Roses (DVD,105 min.) Gripping story of immigrant workers who take a stand against the million dollar corporation exploiting them.
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (83 min.) The story of the gay African-American Quaker and lifelong peace and civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington and co-founded the AFL-CIO's A. Philip Randolph Institute.
Building the Steward System A classic explanation of the value of the union steward system produced by AFSCME, focusing on gaining public-sector strength.
Business as Usual (89 min. 1987) An upbeat, sociocomic story of one woman's triumph over job discrimination.
Button Button (29 min. 1975) The handling of a grievance up to the second step of the grievance procedure.
Buyout Zone (California Working 30 min.) Union attempt to purchase United Airlines to protect it from corporate raiders and convert it into an employee-operated carrier.
Case of Barbara Parsons (52 min. 1980) Dramatizes labor contract violation and illustrates the four main steps in the grievance procedure.
Case of Militant Shop Steward (27 min. 1980) When a shop steward is fired for insubordination, the union grieves, claming that the steward was processing a grievance, protected activity under the NLRA.
Charlie Chaplin 6, 1915 (Work/A Women/The Bank/Shanghaied) (DVD, 15 to 20 min.) on social political issues.
Charlie Chaplin 7, 1915 (Night in the Show/A Burlesque on Carmen/Police/The Floorwalker) (DVD, 2003 15 to 20 min.) on social political issues.
Chicken Run (DVD, 1 hr. 24 min., 2000, Animation) Animated film of chickens in a poultry plant who organize and learn to literally fly to freedom by working together.
Christ in Concrete (DVD, 116 min., 1949) Based on Pietro di Donato's prize-winning novel about an Italian immigrant bricklayer and his family in New York City. Long thought to be lost, this film was recently released in a fully restored version.
City on the Edge HERE Local 11 poignantly portrays the gap between rich and poor and exposes the hotel industry's offensive to drive down wages in a 1993 citywide bargaining campaign.
Collective Bargaining, An Inside Look (45 min. 1979) Techniques for successful negotiating. A realistic portrayal designed to improve the skills of the negotiating committee.
Daughters of Free Men (25 min.) Yankee farm girls working in the Lowell textile mills of the 1830s confront a new world of opportunity and exploitation.
Devil's Miner (DVD,82 min., 2005) An astonishing portrait of two bothers who work deep inside the silver mines of Bolivia , hoping to earn money to go to school and escape the mines.
Doing as They Can (25 min.) A fugitive woman slave describes her life, work and day-to-day resistance on a 1840s North Carolina cotton plantation.
Dos and Don'ts of Grievance (17 min.) A hands-on look at the Grievance Process using three case studies illustrating the right and wrong way for stewards to handle grievance and arbitration.
Dr. Toer's Amazing Magic Lantern Show (25 min.) The struggle to realize the promise of freedom following the Civil War, as depicted by ex-slave J.W. Toer and his traveling picture show.
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning (38 min.) Intersperses Sarah's most affecting songs with rare documentary film clips, photographs, and interviews with friends such as Pete Seeger.
Emergency Drive (California Working 30 min.) Rallying for health care reform. "Replacement Workers' - You can't be fired for exercising your right to strike, but you can be permanently replaced.
Five Points (25 min.) New York City in the 1850s as seen through the conflicting perspectives of a native-born reformer and an immigrant Irish family.
Front (94 min., 1976) This acclaimed Woody Allen comedy brings to life one of America 's most disturbing memories-the Communist "witch hunts" in the film industry during the '50s.
Full Monty (95 min., 1997) Humorous account of effects of unemployment on working class men in England.
Germinal (158 min., 1994) Emile Zola's classic about a mining strike. French with English sub-titles. Gerard Depardieu.
Golden Lands, Working Hands A powerful ten-part video series, brings the hidden history of working people to light. Documents California labor history, from the Gold Rush to the present.
Grand Army of Starvation (25 min.) In 1877, 80,000 railroad workers struck and were joined by hundreds of thousands of other Americans. The Great Uprising inaugurated a new era of conflict for equality in the industrial age.
Grapes of Wrath (128 min., 1940) John Steinbeck's saga depicts the Joad family's struggle to escape Dust Bowl desolation and survivie worker exploitation as migrant farm workers in California during the Great Depression.
Harlan County, USA (DVD, 104 min., 2001) Barbara Koppel's Academy award winning documentary on the dramatic 1970s struggle for workers rights in the Kentucky coal mines.
Harlan County War (DVD, 104 min., 2000 ) A coal miner's wife fights for her community during the Harlan County strike. Holly Hunter.
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl (25 min.) Framed by the 1909 shirtwaist strike, this documentary presents the panoramic world of immigrant working women in turn-of-the-century New York.
Hi Tech Families (California Working 30 min.) Families who live and work (with low pay and job insecurity) in California 's Silicon Valley.
Hoffa (140 min., 1991) Danny DeVito's compelling biographical drama of Jimmy Hoffa, the powerful Teamsters leader who shaped one of the nation's most influential labor unions.
House Calling (28 min.) Uses humor to teach the do's and don'ts in house calling on an organizing drive.
How Green Was My Valley (118 min., 1941) Huw Morgan looks back on his life as a boy in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the exploitation of workers and the disintegration of the closely knit Morgan family.
I Am Somebody (40 min., 1969) 400 poorly paid black women (hospital workers) struck in 1969 for union recognition and faced and overcame the National Guard, State Government, and their employer.
If You Don't Come In Sunday, Don't Come In Monday (59 min., 1976) History of the American Labor Movement, covers 400 years using original photographs, documentary film footage, cartoons and newsreel footage.
In the Name of Sugar (Sa Ngalan ng Tubo ) (DVD, 30 min., 2005) A documentary on the struggle of sugar farm workers and the landlord clan. Plantation workers strike and the landlords react with brute force. Filipino with English subtitles.
Inheritance (55 min., 1964) The long bitter, struggle of workers against economic exploitation, picketing, mass demonstrations, sit-ins, violence and even death.
Justice for Janitors ( 15 min., 1991) L.A. Police brutalize SEIU members demonstrating in Century City against ISS Inc., a giant Danish multinational corporation.
Justice in the Coalfields (57 min., 1995) Demonstrates how current labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people.
Killing Floor (117 min., 1984) A young black man comes from Mississippi in 1917 to work in a Chicago meat-packing plant and joins and fights the union.
Labor Women (DVD, 30 min., 2002) Perceptive look at issues of race and gender in unions, examining the experiences of three young Asian women organizers and interviews of experienced organizers.
Leaving Home: A Road Trip Into Our Free Trade Future (California Working 30 min.) How “free trade” affects workers on both sides of the US-Mexico border through the Maquiladora program.
Matewan (DVD, 142 min., 1987) A small town in 1920's West Virginia explodes when union miners clash with the owner of a tyrannical coal company. Union miners battle race-baiting, corruption and betrayal – and touches off one of the most violent incidents in the history of the Coal Wars of 1920-21.
Mightier Than the Sword (12 min., 1990) The need to improve Labor's image through communication with members and the public.
Men Who Sailed the Liberty Ships Called the "forgotten men" of World War II, this is the remarkable story of civilian seamen who volunteered to sail cargo ships to the front lines.
Modern Times (87 min., 1936) Charlie Chaplin's look at the ups and downs of industrialization.
Molly Maguires (DVD, 123 min., 1970) Sean Connery is the leader of a secret society of militant miners.
Newsies (DVD, 121 min.) Disney musical based on a 1899 newspaper boy's strike in New York City against Joseph Pulitzer.
Norma Rae (DVD, 117 min., 2001) Academy award winning feature film based on a true story about union organizing in Southern textile mills.
North Country (DVD, 126 min., 2005) Feature film of women who broke the gender barrier in hazardous Minnesota iron mines and broke legal ground with the nation's first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit.
On the Waterfront (DVD, 108 min., 1982) Academy award winning film about the gang-ridden East Coast Waterfront.
 One Strike and You're Out (15 min.) Hard-hitting discussion in the 1990s of the effective loss of American workers' right to strike.
Organizers (126 min., 1963) Marcelo Mastroianni leads a strike in the textile mills of Turin , Italy in the late 1800s. Italian with English sub-titles.
Our Daily Bread (California Working, 30 min., 1988) Workers and restaurant owners in a contract battle over health and retirement benefits.
Out of Control (OCAW, 34 min.) The story of corporate disregard for worker and community safety and environmental responsibility in the petro -chemical industry.
Out of Darkness (DVD, 100 min.) Historical film footage and photographs are integrated with first-hand accounts of Mine Workers' history and of the 1980's battle with the Pittston Coal.
Power at Work: Teamster Member-to-Member Action Program (15 min.) How to systematically reach out to and involve every member in the union.
Proud Valley (77 min., 1940) Paul Robeson is a stoker who finds work in a Welsh coal mine and sings with local choir.
River Ran Red (58 min., 1993) The gripping account of Carnegie Steel Works' brutal suppression of a strike in Homestead , PA , in 1892.
Roger and Me (91 min., 1989) Hard-hitting lampoon of corporate America , set in Flint , Michigan which is shown reeling from auto plant shutdowns. Michael Moore tries doggedly to see the man at the top, GM Chairman Roger Smith.
Rosie of the Riveter (60 min., 1980) The fascinating experience of women workers in American industry during World War II.
Salt of the Earth (DVD, 94 min., 1953) Classic 1953 film about a New Mexico miners' strike. Made with blacklisted writers and actors.
Seniority vs. Ability: A Promotion Grievance (22 min., 1976) An insurance claims examiner is passed over for promotion. Shows the evidence given to the arbitrator by both management and the union.
Sewing Our Future (Californian Working, 30 min.) U.S. apparel in the 1990s - who's making it where and efforts to keep the clothing business thriving in the U.S.
Silkwood (DVD, 134 min., 1983) Cher and Meryl Streep star in this story of Karen Silkwood , an OCAW member working for safety in her plutonium processing plant.
Smashing the Tower ( 18 min., 1996) Gripping tale of the 1946 Oakland General Strike.
Song of the Canary (60 min., 1978) Effects of the pesticide DBCP in causing sterility among men, " brown lung" in textile mills; protecting workers and consumers against dangerous untested chemicals.
Strike Story (California Working 30 min.) The great San Francisco Maritime and General Strike of 1934, with historical news footage, slides and interviews.
Tale of Two Hotels (California Working, 30 min.) Shows higher union productivity by comparing union and non-union construction.
Theater in the Fields (California Working, 30 min.) The risks of toxins and pesticides to farm workers and consumers.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (70 min., 2000) Documentary about the WTO protests in Seattle.
Tribute to Working Families (California Working, 30 min.) How changes in the American family (juggling work, child care, and finances) affect the way we work and live.
Turbulent Romance (California Working, 30 min.) The history of our nation's flight attendants mirrors the struggles and triumphs of women in the workplace over the last fifty years. Profile of baseball stadium grounds-keepers.
Turning Point: Justice at the Horseshoe (33 min.) How HERE won a contract from the Horseshoe in Las Vegas in a long, bitter and costly strike in the late 1980s.
Union Maids (48 min., 1977) Sit-downs, scabs, goon squads, unemployment, hunger marches and finally, the energetic birth of the CIO. Told by three women who lived the history.
Waiting Tables (California Working, 30 min.) Waiters and waitresses discuss working conditions. Delivery room nurses. Parking enforcement officers.
Waldenville I (36 min., 1978) A dated but still realistic picture of collective bargaining between a public employee union and city officials.
Waldenville Jogger (39 min., 1980) A compelling dramatization of a grievance hearing between an employer and union.
Walmart the High Cost of Low Price (DVD, 97 min., 2005) Takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel…and shop.
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