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1) The Wobblies
Language
English
Formats
Description
""Solidarity! All for One and One for All!" Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changed the course of American history. This compelling documentary of the IWW (or "The Wobblies" as they were known) tells the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines, and on the docks as they organize and demand better wages, healthcare, overtime...
2) Dear Walmart
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Via in-store organizing and actions, Black Friday strikes, small group meetings, community outreach, national gatherings of workers and online conversations with thousands of employees, Walmart workers build a new labor movement that compels the retail giant to make changes, but not without setbacks. -from the container.
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of the 20th century, coal was the engine of American industrial progress. Nearly three quarters of a million men across the country spent ten or twelve hours a day underground in coal mines. The Mine Wars brings to life the struggle that turned the coalfields of southern West Virginia into a blood-soaked war zone where basic constitutional rights and freedoms were violently contested.
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