We are writing to provide an update regarding the delay in the Local 200 DHS/OHA election. We sent out notification on March 1 that our independent election vendor, Global Election Services (GES), experienced an error with Amazon Web Services which…

We are writing to provide an update regarding the delay in Local 99’s sublocal election. We sent out notification on March 1 that our independent election vendor, Global Election Services (GES), experienced an error with Amazon Web Services which interfered…

It won’t take long to fall in love with the subject of Painted Nails, Van Hoang, a Vietnamese nail salon owner who serves an ethnically diverse group of working class women with acrylic nails and intricate airbrush designs. Through the…

Academy Award winner Lee Grant’s documentary about working women. The film tells the story of eight unassuming, apolitical women in America’s heartland–Willmar, Minnesota–who were driven by sex discrimination at work to take the most unexpected step of their lives and…

This ten-part documentary introduces students, union members and the general public to California labor history. Close attention is paid to the ongoing recomposition of the California working class through immigration, beginning with the Gold Rush and continuing to the end…

SEIU Local 503 Disclaimer: Nominated candidates were invited to submit a campaign statement not to exceed 400 words. SEIU 503 uniformly formats statements for publication and otherwise prints statements verbatim as submitted by the candidate(s). The following are statements and…

Weeks before the scheduled closure of a Wollongong coal mine, a group of 31 miners occupy the pit and established themselves 5 kilometres underground, in this film by documentarian Tom Zubrycki. 1h 3m Australia English…

Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky’s dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to…

In 1969, 400 poorly paid black women working in a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves confronting the National Guard and the state government. 28m 7.2…

1967, one year before may ’68. The strike at the Rhodiaceta textile plant in Besançon sounds like the rehearsal of the rising to come. Indeed for the first time ever, the workers’ claims are not only higher wages or better…