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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The story of two dedicated women, a labor organizer and an immigrant laundry worker, coming together to spearhead an audacious campaign to unionize one of the most dangerous industries in one of the most anti-union states-Arizona-and offering a nuanced look at the modern-day labor movement and the future of workers' rights"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Julia Query, activist, comedian, lesbian and stripper at a club called the Lusty Lady, put in long hours on stage and in the peep booth along with fellow exotic dancers Decadence, Lolita, and Octopussy. But when faced with no sick leave, unfair demotions, safely and privacy concerns, and racial discrimination, Query and her co-workers decide to organize and unionize the exotic dancers of the Lusty Lady. WINNER! Audience Award- San Francisco International...
5) Union maids
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
1976.
Language
English
Description
Three women union activists tell their fascinating stories of organising in 1930s America, recounting their conflicts with bosses, police as well as their struggles against racism and sexism.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In Thailand, women make up 90 percent of the labor force responsible for garments and toys for export by multinational corporations. This powerful, revealing documentary about women factory workers and their struggle to organize unions exposes the human cost behind the production of everyday items that reach our shores. Probing the profound impact of the New World Order on the populations that provide the global economy with cheap labor, Made In Thailand...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Fannie Sellins, a union activist who traveled the nation promoting fair wages and decent working and living conditions for workers in the garment and mining industries.
Publisher
NYX Channel
Pub. Date
1954.
Language
English
Description
Banned at the time of its initial release and made by blacklisted filmmakers, this bold, radical film tells the story of Mexican-American workers who call a strike over the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages they receive in comparison to their white co-workers at a Zinc mine in New Mexico.Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacon) organizes the strike but is shown to be a hypocrite, treating his pregnant wife (Rosaura Revueltas) with similar unfairness. However,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Columbia is the trade union murder capital of the world. Since 2002, more than 470 workers' leaders have been brutally killed, usually by paramilitaries hired by private companies intent on crushing the unions. Among these unscrupulous corporate brands is the poster boy for American business: Coca-Cola. These unpunished crimes spur U.S. activists David Kovalik, Terry Collingsworth and Ray Rogers into an ambitious crusade against the soft drink giant....
12) Dolores Huerta
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Dolores Huerta always knew that helping others in her community was important. So when she became a teacher and saw how hard it was for her students from farm families to find enough to eat, she knew there was more she could do. Dolores became a labor rights activist, fighting for better conditions for farm workers. She started unions so that workers would be treated more fairly. And she was also a leader of the women's rights movement. Though she...
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Something special happened when Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez met. Together, they fought for the rights of countless farmworkers. Side by side, inspiring hope, they changed history.
Algo especial sucedio cuando Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez se conocieron. Ellos lucharon juntos por los derechos de los campesinos. Lado a lado cultivaron esperanza, cambiando el curso de la historia.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The story of the organizing of the first black trade union - The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - provides an account of African American working life between the Civil War and World War II. Miles of Smiles chronicles the organizing of the first black trade union - the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This inspiring story of the Pullman porters provides one of the few accounts of African American working life between the Civil War and World...
Author
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Filipino farmworkers sat down in the grape fields of Delano, California, in 1965 and began the strike that brought about a dramatic turn in the long history of farm labor struggles in California. Their efforts led to the creation of the United Farm Workers union under Cesar Chavez, with -- Philip Vera Cruz Craig Scharlin and Lilia V. Villanueva met Philip Vera Cruz.
18) Cesar Chavez
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
20) A song for Cesar
Publisher
Video Project
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1960s and '70s, Cesar Chavez and farmworker activists allied with musicians and artists to help build a movement called "La Causa". A Song for Cesar tells the story of that alliance using first-person accounts of artists, musicians, members of Chavez's family, and other key figures of the movement. Inspired by the spirit of the thousands of farmworkers who struggled for justice alongside labor leaders Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry...
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